Frederick Douglass: “The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1845

The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.

Said by

Frederick Douglass

Source

Douglass describes the direct consequence of his expanding knowledge, which deepened his hatred for those who enslaved him.

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