Read the following passage from Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, looking for explicit and implicit meanings.
Just at this point of my progress, Mr. Auld found out what was going on, and at once forbade Mrs. Auld to instruct me further, telling her, among other things, that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read.
Which implicit meaning is included in the passage?
Mr. Auld wanted his wife to find other ways to help slaves learn.
Mr. Auld believed that educated slaves would be more rebellious.
Mrs. Auld was not a very good teacher, or Douglass was a slow learner.
Mrs. Auld disagreed with what her husband said about instructing slaves.