On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The whole community—with but a single exception, among the whites—frowned upon everything like imparting instruction either to slaves or to free colored persons.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The whole community—with but a single exception, among the whites—frowned upon everything like imparting instruction…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass describes the widespread opposition to educating Black people in the Southern community.
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