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Frederick made friends with the little white boys he met in the street and changed them into his teachers .Also Frederick would give bread to the urchins and in return they gave him knowledge. Also Frederick's mistress taught him a little bit about reading but, was a changed person when slavery got into her brain and then she didn't teach him anymore

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