On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
If slavery were right, Sabbath-schools for teaching slaves to read were wrong, and ought to have been put down.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “If slavery were right, Sabbath-schools for teaching slaves to read were wrong, and ought to have been put down.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass presents the logical conclusion that if slavery is considered just, then educating slaves must be deemed wrong and suppressed.
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