Identify the author of the passage, the title of the passage…

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Identify the аuthоr оf the pаssаge, the title оf the passage, and then provide three to four sentences of analysis explaining the importance of the passage to the rest of the work as well as any connections the passage has to major themes. I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing difficulty--to wit, the white man's power to enslave the black man.  It was a grand achievement, and I prized it highly.  From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom. . . . I was gladdened by the invaluable instruction which, by the merest accident, I had gained from my master. 

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