I have nothing to commend me to your consideration in the way of learning, nothing in the way of education, to entitle me to your attention; and you are aware that slavery is a very bad school for rearing teachers of morality and religion.
In a speech in London, Douglass humbly introduces himself while highlighting the inherent contradiction of slavery and education.
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