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If slaves were caught reading, writing, or learningto read and write they got punished. The punishments varried from whipping to cutting their hands off!
They would probably send codded messages to each other to find their way to freedom.

Slave owners generally frowned upon slaves learning to read without authorization. A slave caught doing so could be sold, whipped or, in the worst case, killed.

raped or they had their thumb cut off so theycould no longer hold a pencil.
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