Frederick Douglass: “If slavery were right, Sabbath-schools for teaching slaves to read…”

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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Douglass presents the logical conclusion that if slavery is considered just, then educating slaves must be deemed wrong and suppressed.

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Frederick Douglass: “If slavery were right, Sabbath-schools for teaching slaves to read were wrong, and ought to have been put down.”