Over time, Douglass begins to think that ""learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing."" Why does he come to feel this way?

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Andre Bernard

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4 June, 16:28

Over time, Douglass begins to think that ""learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing."" Why does he come to feel this way?

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Alaina Gill · Answer 1

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"learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing."

The above is a statement from the autobiography of Frederick Douglass. The title of the book is: ''Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave". The statement can be found on the page 84 and on the chapter 7 of the book.

The reason Frederick Douglass made the above statement can also be found on the same page 84 and chapter 7 of the book, which says and I quote; ''wretched condition, without the remedy". Frederick Douglass through what he learns through reading made him to be self - conscious because of situation surrounding his birth - - being a slave. Through reading he knows his rights as human and being a slave this rights are been denied to him.