Consider The Columbian Orator, a copy of which Douglass describes as crucial to his own literacy. Also, here are other examples of 19th century schoolbooks. What do these texts suggest about the historical context around Douglass and other slaves? How might the language of The Columbian Orator have influenced Douglass? What would Greenblatt say about it?
Fredrick Douglass and literacy
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