From My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass Mrs. Auld was an apt woman, and the advice of her husband, and her own experience, soon demonstrated, to her entire satisfaction, that education and slavery are incompatible with each other. What does Douglass mean when he describes Mrs. Auld as apt?

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Emery Stewart

4 August, 08:14

From My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass Mrs. Auld was an apt woman, and the advice of her husband, and her own experience, soon demonstrated, to her entire satisfaction, that education and slavery are incompatible with each other. What does Douglass mean when he describes Mrs. Auld as apt?

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Capable, astute

Douglass describes Mrs Auld as apt, and follows up on this definition by showing how she took her husbands advice and mixed with her own experience made a strong and smart conclusion about slavery and education. This shows that she is smart and capable of doing much.