The reader will not be surprised when I say, that the breaking up of my Sabbath school, by these class-leaders, and professedly holy men, did not serve to strengthen my religious convictions.
Douglass reflects on how the actions of religious leaders in suppressing his Sabbath school undermined his faith.
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