... must question the evidence that the arguments and assertions are rested on. The slave narratives were written with political motives that may have influenced the content. With both types of writing it is important to read various accounts, and look for both conflicting and consistent views. The reader must always keep in mind the limitations of each source and be aware ... ...

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... the ability to read and write was crucial to both religious practice and to the assertion of individual and political rights. As Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explains, "The act of writing for the slave constituted the act of creating a public, historical self." Since literacy presented slaves with a means in which to assert their humanity, white slave holders in the South actively ... which many slaves strove to exemplify. For the most part, however, most slave children were legally deprived of an education of any kind. A slave who was capable of reading or writing was probable to attempt to ...

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... freedom for the black slave". This is another reason that so many narratives were written. The only way that slaves could truly be free was 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 ... ...

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