Anti-literacy law
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Anti-literacy law
Anti-literacy law is legislation outlawing the teaching of literacy to a group or groups of people.
In the United States
Anti-literacy law was in force in many Confederate states before and during the American Civil War regarding slaves, freedmen, and in some cases all people of color[1]. These largely came into force following the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion.
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