Grade 9 · Memoir
Frederick Douglass Learns to Read
I lived in Master Hugh's family about seven years. During this time, I succeeded in learning to read and write. In accomplishing this, I was compelled to resort to various stratagems. I had no regular teacher.
From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, by Frederick Douglass (1845) · Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Frederick Douglass (1845)
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