What Douglas is trying to convey here is the attitude and fear people had towards their slaves becoming educated.
What I understand from this excerpt is that this woman saw that a slave who became enlightened could become too powerful to control.
From his words the woman was the one that taught him to read and understand certain things. But when she sees what this could do towards enlightening him, she turned towards him and became wicked.
From his last words we can conclude that an educated slave is an emancipated slave.
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