Why does Douglass include this passage?
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Doing so allows Douglass to make a sharp and clear distinction between the values and views of enslavers like Mr. Auld and his own values and views.
Doing so allows Douglass to make a sharp and clear distinction between the values and views of enslavers like Mr. Auld and his own values and views.
Doing so allows Douglass to show that Mr. Auld's views about education and enslaved people were correct.
Doing so allows Douglass to show that Mr. Auld's views about education and enslaved people were correct.
Doing so allows Douglass to favorably compare the enslavers of Baltimore with the enslavers of the Deep South.
Doing so allows Douglass to favorably compare the enslavers of Baltimore with the enslavers of the Deep South.
Doing so allows Douglass to describe to readers how many enslavers educated their enslaved persons.