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Education is empowerment. A slave who could read, might not only question the right of his owners to consider him property, but he might use those existing laws against that owner. And what about the declaration that "All men are created equal" An educated slave would have been far too much trouble in those days.
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What made it a crime to teach enslaved people to write and read?
Fairly certain it's slave codes
What made it crime to teach enslaved people to read or write?
The slave code, i go to connections too:)
Was Nat Turner the only enslaved person to teach himself how to read and write?
No not at all. Many slaves either taught themselves to read and write or they were tutored by white people who were sympathetic to the cause.
Why did enslaved Africans tell stories?
Africans told stories because they had wanted to keep their culture alive. When they were enslaved, africans were forbidden to read or write. As a solution, they told stories to teach their children about their culture and life.
Why did white colonists create slave codes?
Colonial authorities feared trouble, so they wrote slavecodes. Under the codes, enslaved people could not meet in large numbers, own weapons, or leave a plantation without permission. It also became illegal to teach enslaved African- Americans to read or write.
What made it a crime to teach slaves how to read and write?
Please go to this website and search it up.http://www.ask.com/?o=0&l=dir
Why teach nouns?
I believe they teach the parts of speech so that people can learn how to properly read, write, and diagnose sentences.
How do the french teach children to write?
The french teach children to write in cursive.
What did the middle age teach?
Nothing. There was no schools and 90% of the people couldn't read or write.
Why did the Methodists teach people to read and write?
They were directing anger from revolution to social reform.
Why teach intertextuality?
Intertextuality is what teaches people how to write. Every person needs to know how to do this.
Who enables people to read the news each day?
The teachers who teach people to read and the journalists who write and publish the newspapers.
