Slave owners were afraid if slaves were literate, they would be able to make a better life for themselves. Therefore, it was forbidden by law for blacks to read or write. Anyone caught teaching an enslaved man or woman to read or write was fined, but the punishment was worse for who were caught. In the North, White mobs in […]

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