On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
With money and property comes the means of knowledge and power.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “With money and property comes the means of knowledge and power.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass asserts the fundamental connection between economic resources and access to knowledge and power.
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