Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.” – Frederick Douglass, Blessings of Liberty and Education.

Which statement best describes standard oil in the late 1800s? standard oil controlled only a small number of the nation’s oil refineries. standard oil was a single business that operated in a small region. standard oil controlled only the means and methods of oil production. standard oil owned ninety percent of all oil refineries in the united states.