{"id":583,"date":"2006-10-24T21:03:44","date_gmt":"2006-10-25T02:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/583"},"modified":"2006-10-24T21:03:44","modified_gmt":"2006-10-25T02:03:44","slug":"douglass-on-bibles-for-the-slaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/douglass-on-bibles-for-the-slaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglass on Bibles for the Slaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>January 28, 1848<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do they suppose that slaveholders, in open violation of their laws, will allow their slaves to have the Bible? How do they mean to get the Bible among the slaves?\u00a0 It cannot go by itself &#8211; it must be carried&#8230;.of what value is the Bible to one who cannot read its contents?&#8221; &#8230;. 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