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“Though conscious of the difficulty of learning without a teacher, I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read.
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From Chapter VI of Douglass’s autobiographical narrative. His reflections on learning, dignity, and human connection belong to his account of enslavement and the struggle for freedom.
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Source: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave , Chapter VI
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