Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Bouglass
Identify textual evidence from the excerpt that reveals why learning to read was so important to Frederick Bouglass when he was a boy
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Learning to read reveals to Douglass the horrific truth of slavery, Douglas learns that illiteracy is the biggest thing that keeps his people in bondage. Once people learn how to read, they can no longer easily be kept in subjugation.
