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2. Reading is an employment skill. They didn't teach THAT

Wed Jul 26, 2023, 04:58 PM

Jul 2023

In fact anyone who taught a slave to read was probably soon headed north if they were lucky.

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Some TradeSchool. All those scholarship winners. LakeArenal Jul 2023 #1

Reading is an employment skill. They didn't teach THAT Captain Zero Jul 2023 #2

That's their goal, orthoclad Jul 2023 #4

..original sin, yes but let's not forget the twin thomski64 Jul 2023 #5

Yeah. College freshman history class in the 60s, prof was discussing halfulglas Jul 2023 #14

Perhaps because everyone assumes its obvious? brooklynite Jul 2023 #6

Obvious ? Butterflylady Jul 2023 #7

Even after slavery ended, former enslaved people often could not wnylib Jul 2023 #8

Genocide and slavery. niyad Jul 2023 #9

The skills they learned were probably taught to them by other slaves. Frasier Balzov Jul 2023 #10

I think the racist assumption Johonny Jul 2023 #12

Easy Question NowISeetheLight Jul 2023 #13