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Stills Photo #12

Frederick was sent to Baltimore to Hugh Auld. He was treated kindly by Hughs wife Sophia. Sophia begins to teach him the A,B,C until Mr. Auld stops it. Plantation owners created State Laws prohibiting teaching to the enslaved. These were revised and toughened. Frederick realises the power of reading

Frederick describes his early reading lessons in Baltimore
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