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They got their education by secretly learning it if their master didn't allowed because it was illegal. Sometimes, their masters tought the slave even though it was against the law. By secretly learning it, they could learn it off another slave or steal a book and educate themselves.
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Because the masters didn't want them to learn knowledge so that they may rise up and try to take over the plantations.
Some however were educated so to better run different parts of the plantations. Slaves that took stock of the plantations resources had to be able to do basic arithmetic.
slaves were denied the right to an education because of there indentured status.
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What did Bartolom de las Casas initially suggest to reform the encomienda system?
to replace Indian slaves with African slaves
What are the reasons behind African resistance to the colonial education policies?
In the colonies of the United States there was no education for slaves. It was against the law to teach them to read and there was no resistance to these policies.
What way did emancipated slaves exercise their freedom?
1. During reconstruction, African-Americans founded their own churches, which often became center of the African-American community, and the only institutions that African-Americans fully controlled. Also, with 95% of African-American slaves being illiterate, former slaves acquired education to become economically self-sufficient.
In what way did emancipation slaves exercise their freedom?
1. During reconstruction, African-Americans founded their own churches, which often became center of the African-American community, and the only institutions that African-Americans fully controlled. Also, with 95% of African-American slaves being illiterate, former slaves acquired education to become economically self-sufficient.
What were free African slaves allowed to do?
Free African slaves were allowed to own property, enter into contracts, marry, and pursue education. However, they still faced discrimination and limited social mobility due to prevailing racial attitudes.
Did Sojourner Truth have any education?
Sojourner Truth was a slave and had no education. At that time African Americans were slaves and spent most of their lives working in homes.
Which of the following groups made up the largest portion of Saint-Domingue's population before the Haitian Revolution?
African slaves
The African slaves contributed to what element of jazz?
The African slaves contributed largely to jazz. This is a music that the African slaves and their ancestors brought and developed from their native land.
Did slavery in America start with African slaves?
yes the african slaves were brought to the americas
Where were African slaves first brought to work?
The first African slaves used by Europeans were used by the Portuguese, on the island of Sao Tome, to grow sugarcane. The Spanish were the first to use African slaves in the Americas (in the Caribbean), and the first English colony to use African slaves was Jamestown, Virginia (which was the first English colony in the New World). However, long before Europeans used African slaves, the Africans had slaves who were African!
How was African American education in Colonial America?
There was no formal education for slaves during the Colonial times. The only education that a black would receive, would be anything that the lady of the house would give, and often times that would be nothing.
From which African countries were the majority of slaves brought?
the African countries were brought slaves were Uganda & rwanda
