History, asked by 319407, 3 months ago

why did enslaved people have to educate themself

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Answered by lakshmi704

Slave owners saw literacy as a threat to the institution of slavery and their financial investment in it; as a North Carolina statute stated, "'Teaching slaves to read and write, tends to excite dissatisfaction in their minds, and to produce insurrection and rebellion."

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