Why does douglass say learning was a curse rather then a blessing ?

I believe that Fredrick Douglass meant that learning was a curse because slave owners wanted them to remain unlearned so they could maintain their dependency and this exercise more control over them . therefore having this skill which he could not practice openly must have been a type of mental abuse also being literate caused him to have a bigger view of the world which will tend to disturb any personal contentment which might be afforded by ignorance

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Explanation:

Twnety Years ar Hull-House is a book written by Jane Adamas that adresses the life of the american people in the times of the industrial revolution, and how they suffered and had a poor life style, in the second chapter she talks about Lincoln and how the country grew to love him and was in shock once he was murdered.