On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.” I instinctively assented to the proposition, and from that moment I understood the direct pathway from slavery to freedom.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass describes the profound realization that education was the key to escaping slavery, a truth he grasped from his master's unwitting lesson.
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