On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The great mass of slaveholders look upon education among the slaves as utterly subversive of the slave system.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The great mass of slaveholders look upon education among the slaves as utterly subversive of the slave system.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass explains why slaveholders feared and prohibited the education of enslaved people.
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