On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
He who proclaims it a religious duty to read the Bible denies me the right of learning to read the name of the God who made me.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass points out the glaring contradiction of slaveholders who promote Bible reading as a religious duty while simultaneously denying enslaved people the right to literacy.
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