In Chapter 7 of
The Narrative of the Life of , Douglass describes his life in Baltimore as
a young slave in the city. His mistress teaches him the elementary steps of reading, as she does
not yet realize that the society around her condemns the teaching of slaves. The society
believes that reading will corrupt them and make them unfit as slaves.
Douglass writes, "I used also to carry bread with me...I was much better off in this regard
than many of the poor white children in our neighborhood. This bread I used to bestow upon the
hungry little urchins, who, in return, would...
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