Frederick Douglass's passage into literacy does not enable him, while a slave, to openly resist his masters. In fact, despite the huge emphasis that both the 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and his 1855 narrative, My Bondage and My Freedom, place upon the importance of ...
when Hugh discovered what had been going on and informed Sophia that literacy would “spoil” a slave. According to Douglass, Hugh stated that if a slave were given an inch, he would “take an ell [a unit of measure equal to about 45 inches].” In Maryland, as in many other slavehol...
A dangerous literacy: The legacy of Frederick Douglass.Discusses Frederick Douglass' autobiographies and literary skill. Douglass' achievements as a statesman and as a literary figure; Definition of literacy; Relationship with other authors and statesmen; Philosophies as an abolitionist.Gates...
Royer,D.The process of literacy as communal involvement in the narratives of Frederick Douglass.African American Review. 1994Royer D. The process of literacy as communal involvement in the narratives of Frederick Douglass[J].African American Review,1994.363-274....