... read books and papers and learn information which they may use later. In a narrative by Frederick Douglass, Frederick talks about how he was not allowed to read and write, but he would find ways to be taught or teach himself. He made himself literate. He states, "From this time I understood the words abolition and abolitionist, and always drew near when that word was spoken, expecting ... such issues, and recall what I've been taught in the past, and I can add my ideas to discussions because I know what's going on. Frederick Douglass and I had very different types awareness, but we both...

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