What are the statements? Sorry can’t help much
I would tell the other students to just be themselves and you will fit in and make friends easily!
Answer:
Read every day, look up words you don't know the meaning of, learn roots, keep a journal with the new words, use new words after you've learned the meaning for them.
Douglass learns the white man's power comes from the ability to prevent education to the slaves. The excerpt expresses Douglass' understanding of how education empowers the literate person and by remaining illiterate, unable to read, the master keeps his power against the slave.