... He knew it would be difficult to continue learning without a teacher, but his master's words gave him the desire and determination to do so. The decided manner with which Mr. Auld spoke assured Frederick that reading was the key ... Frederick learned the power of truth over the conscience, of even a slaveholder. The idea of truth became the main theme in Frederick's later speeches, debates, and interviews in the north. The more he read, the more he hated those ... to his master, which was an unimaginable personal shame and public punishment. In New York, he also met a man named Mr. Davi...

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