1. According to the information in paragraph 5, why was discovering the "The Columbian Orator" important to Douglass? A. Douglass enjoyed reading and could read this book often.

B. Douglass wanted to be free and reading helped him feel free.

C. Douglass felt that he would always be an enslaved person, but this text gave him hope.

D. Douglass felt that he would always be an enslaved person, and this text presented a similar fate for another enslaved person.​