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

Bwould be the answer