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Explain his argument that knowledge is a path to freedom, and
ignorance is a tool of slavery.

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"They both advised me to run away to the North; that I should find friends there, and that I should be free. I pretended not to be interested in what they said, and treated them as if I did not understand them; for I feared they might be treacherous. "

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He was looking forward to the freedom he would have once he escaped.

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The more information he gathered, he was getting closer and closer to the "light at the end of the tunnel" representing the freedom he would gain.

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this relates because in order for you to have a future that benefits you, knowledge is a key factor.

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He pretended not to know and to be ignorant in order to protect his potential future of ever escaping and being able to be free.

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"This bread I used to bestow upon the hungry little urchins, who, in return, would give me that more valuable bread of knowledge. "

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He used the bread as a helpful tool in order to get the kids to tell him information.

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this is a perfect example of trade because they're trading food for information which benefits both people in the trade.

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Frederick Douglass bribed kids to eat the bread so they can help him escape slavery

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"You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life".

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the kids that are going to be twenty one they go to school and get information. which means that they can be free from slavery, but he does not get an education so he does not have the same privileges as the kids.

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when you turn twenty one the amount of freedom you have to do more grown up activities increased because you are in an  appropriate age to do those activities.

when you were younger you may feel like these opportunities are not for you.