... deliberately limited their self expression and outlawed any formalized, slave-controlled, educational practices . By slaves learning from their masters alone, they were stripped of any opportunity to learn of the history of their ancestry, including their culture. Although the majority of slaves simply ignored the Whites" wishes, prior to the Civil War, educational benefits had been systematically closed to black children ... ...

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