... works, Richard Wade chose to focus on the sole education of one particular slave. Some slaves, such as Frederick Douglass, learned to read with the help of old newspapers and books that he would carry with him each day. In his free time, Douglass and his friends would learn to write with the use of a Webster's Spelling Book . Douglass understood all ... his knowledge and learned to read, in spite of his master. Through becoming friendly with several white boys in the streets and practicing in his master's son's used Webster Spelling Books, he slowly learned how to write . Despite the st...

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... to express themselves in their writing. 3. Slave narratives were produced in two ways. One was through the printing press, in which they wrote their stories, and they were put into books or articles. Another was through oral traditions, where their stories were passed along through generations by word of mouth. 4. We teach slave narrative along with American and African-American autobiography ... ...

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