Frederick Douglass: “Education being among the menacing influences, and, perhaps, the most…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

Education being among the menacing influences, and, perhaps, the most dangerous, is, therefore, the most cautiously guarded against.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass explains why slaveholders so vehemently opposed and legislated against the education of enslaved people.

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