Frederick Douglass finds out the truth in books
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- This is Frederick Douglass. Ever since he learned how to read he always tried to make time to do so.
- Hi I am Frederick Douglass and I love reading when I can. Lately I have been reading one of Sheridan’s mightyspeeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation. You won't believe what I found out from reading all of these books.
- Frederick was reading one of Sheridan's mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation. He just found out something very shocking
- I read them over and over again with unabated interest. They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, and died away for want of utterance. The moral which I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth over the conscience of even a slaveholder. What I got from Sheridan was a bold denunciation of slavery, and a powerful vindication of human rights. The reading of these documents enabled me to utter my thoughts, and to meet the arguments brought forward to sustain slavery; but while they relieved me of one difficulty, they brought on another even more painful than the one of which I was relieved. The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.
- Frederick just found out that slavery was different than what the slave owners led on.
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