douglass has lived in this house for 7 years and his masters mistress would tech him how to read everyday . his mistress would be nice to help and help him with stuff. douglass leaned the abcs because of her and this is the start of his jounry to read.
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hey kid do you want bread in return you have to teach me how to read okay?
oh wow thank you sir i havent eaten is a day. of course i will teach you how to read in return for bread thank you so much sir.
after the mistress was not allowed to be nice to the slaves by the master. Douglass would ask little kids to teach him in return for bread. since the kids were always hungry they would always agree to help him learn how to read
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oh how i wish i have never learned how to read why must african american suffer just because of their skin. learning to read has been a curse to me more than anything it was no help to me or my brain now i know i am not supposed to be able to learn how to read and how i wish i listen. Now most of all i rather be a beast the meanest of all than rather sit here and hear,watch,read about my people getting killed over work how i wish this world would give each rights to all no matter the skin.
after douglass learn how to read he learn all about the mistreat to the people of african americans. He said that.learning how to read was a curse more than a blessing as now he lives on with the knownlegde of his people being mistreated for how they look. This man him want to br a beast the meanest of all than see his people suffer he rather be mean than see this happen