American slaves were often forbidden to read, and this prohibition was deliberate because the institution of slavery benefited from keeping enslaved people ignorant.
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“one of the things that happened to American slaves was that they were forbidden to read maybe not exclusively some slaves could read but many could not and it was because the institution of slavery benefited from them being kept ignorant”
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