<span>The correct answer is (D). In this passage from the “Narrative
of the life of Frederic Douglas, an American slave” written by Frederic Douglas
main theme – knowledge is the path to freedom – is developed by showing that
Douglass valued education more than food: “This bread I used to bestow upon the
hungry little urchins, who, in return, would give me that more valuable bread
of knowledge”. In this book, Douglas shows that white man in the South have
kept slaves ignorant (even of their own birth date and paternity) to prevent
their freedom. Douglas managed to get free by his self-education, which later
became tool to free all slaves.</span>
