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Why were slave forbidden to learn how to read or write in the revolutionary war?
they werent forbidden they just simply couldnt.
What did Abraham Lincoln teach himself?
he tught us to be kind never give up and be hounest
Why as education so valued in America?
Washington wrote to have a democracy we needed an educated population. People need to know how to read and write and to be able to think. An educated person can not be a slave.
What former slave taught himself to read and write?
Frederick Douglass
How did old laws against teaching slaves to read and write make a difference after the Civil Waring?
The ability to read and write gives people a means to question things like laws in the society's or to know their rights as listed in the constitution . The southern states wanted to keep slaves at the level of slavery and not provide them with means for improvement of their lifestyles. Then, to keep them from voting they used it against them because they required a reading test to register to vote.
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