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How did Douglass learn how to write?

I belive he learned to write by knowing how to read.


Why did Fredrick Douglass thin the slaves need to learn how to read?

they need to quit and go do themselves


In My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass what impact does learning to read have on Douglass?

he became educated enough to learn how to escape


Who taught Frederick Douglass to read?

Frederick Douglass was taught "his letters" by Mrs. Auld. Who was later advised by her husband to no longer teach Douglass how to read or spell because " it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read. To use his own words further," After Mrs. Auld stopped teaching Douglass, he tried to learn further by asking, bribing, and tricking homeless white children as to further his abilities.


How was the name of the woman who taught Frederick Douglass to read was connected to Frederick Douglass?

Mrs. Auld


In My Bondage and My Freedom. Why does Douglass feel he has been cheated?

Douglass feels cheated because he is denied the opportunity to learn to read and write, which he views as essential for freedom and personal development. He believes that by being deprived of education, he is being kept in a state of mental bondage.


Why do the Aulds watch Douglass carefully?

Did not want him to read


Which former slave lectured eloquently in favor of abolition?

Stephen Douglass, was an eloquent speaker who escaped slavery. Although teaching slaves to read was illegal, Douglass managed, through creative means, to learn to read. He escaped slavery and managed to get to London, where his speeches were greatly admired. Well wishers in London gave him money to legally purchase his freedom.


What is the literacy event to which Douglass refers?

how he learned how to read when he was a slave


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What former slave taught himself to read and write?

Frederick Douglass


How did Douglass teach himself the alphabet?

Mrs. Auld, the master's wife, taught Frederick Douglass the alphabet and how to read until it was no longer allowed, by law.