Read the excerpt From My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass: "I had been cheated. I saw through the attempt to keep me in ignorance . . . The feeding and clothing me well, could not atone for taking my liberty from me. The smiles of my mistress could not remove the deep sorrow that dwelt in my young bosom." His friends has forced him to give them his bread in exchange for lessons.

Kindness, food, and clothing are no substitute for freedom.

The books he has read have tricked him into believing in happy endings.

Frederick Douglass's ignorance has caused him to be ungrateful to kind masters.