1. The Life and Times of Olaudah Equiano
During slavery, it was illegal for African Americans to learn to read and write because slave owners felt that the more educated they became, the more likely they were able to understand their rights and resist slavery. ... They were kept in ignorance because slave owners feared they would band together and try to escape, or worse resist slavery altogether. ... Being a free black man or woman meant living in a common ground between freedom and slavery. During slavery, consequences for those who dared to try to become educated were so cruel. ... Whites wanted to keep blacks ignorant so they wou...
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