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Most Roman slaves never learned to read or write, those that did were either taught by another educated slave, or their master sent them to a Gramaticus (school) to learn. Also some slaves were teachers.
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Were slaves allowed to read and write?
No they were not. The slaveholders were scared that once their slaves would learn how to read and write, they would write letters to other slaves with ideas of how to escape the the plantation
Did harriet know how to read and write?
No, she did not learn how to read or write because none of the slaves were allowed to be taught in case they used it for communication to escape.
Where slaves allowed to learn read and write like Phillis Whitley?
No not at the time she was learning how to read and write.
Why did the freed black slaves need education?
so they can learn to read and write
How might slaves learn to read and write?
A slave might have learned to read and write by seeing writings all around and they copy it and write it down. They learn to read by pronouncing the letters that they know, so they learn to read like that.
Why was there a high illiteracy rate among slaves?
In many cases it was prohibited for them to learn to read and write
Did the slaves during the civil war were allowed learn and write?
In some places yes. The Northern states allowed blacks a free life. In the South it was considered "illegal" for blacks to learn or write.
Who taught Frederick that slaves weren't supposed to learn how to read?
Mr. Auld taught Fredrick Douglas that slaves weren't suppose to learn how to read. In Mr.Auld's view if a slave learned to read and write they would not be fit to be a slave.
What jobs did roman slaves do?
Roman slaves did everything from hard labor to housework.
What did roman slaves jobs?
Roman slaves did everything from hard labor to housework.
Who built the walls of Pompeii?
roman craftsman and slaves
What right were slaves denied?
learning how to write, read. those are two they couldn't learn how to do.
