Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself

What did Douglass mean when he used the phrase "Mental Darkness"?

What did he mean ?

Asked by Scheme on 03 Apr 15:16

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Answered by Cat on 03 Apr 16:43

Douglass starts a little school for slaves. He notices that the slaves hunger for education. They take great risks by coming to school because their minds had been starved: they had been in a "mental darkness."

Their minds had been starved by their cruel masters. They had been shut up in mental darkness.