Frederick Douglass

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This paper looks at how Frederick Douglass was a former slave who went on to become a leading abolitionist. It discusses how his speeches and writings had great influence during his lifetime and how his concerns over the ability to think freely, the unified family, education, and other cultural concerns continue to have relevance in today's world.

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"In part, Southern slave owners kept their slaves' minds captive by promoting their illiteracy. Individuals who are unable to read and write are also prone to what Harris, Kamhi, and Pollock (2001) refer to as "functional illiteracy," the inability to use certain resources that society provides for the convenience and for the success of its inhabitants (p. 6). While the slaves might not have had access to the technology that is used in the authors' example, they were kept from accessing the technology of their times, being limited to the physical labors and primarily unskilled household tasks to which their masters assigned them. Illiteracy also kept these slaves from participating in society and learning of things that might have freed them from slavery had they known about them. "

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