HDFS470 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Free Education, Lyndon B. Johnson, Human Services
19 Dec 2019
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No formal protections for these people as humans. At risk of being sold away from family members. At risk of being beaten, whipped, flogged, dismembered. At risk of being sexually assaulted or raped. Sometimes skilled labourers were able to earn money working on others" farms or businesses. Enslaved saved up money to purchase the freedom of themselves or their family members. Favored child was referred till age 6 with the owner"s child. White child learned to read, so did black kid. They would bring it back to slave quarters. Benevolent , radical slave owner or mistress would teach them how to read or write. Sometimes enslaved person would take a page of newspaper or anything with written words on it to gain literacy. Learning to read was one of the most punishable offenses. Enslaved african americans risked life and limb to learn to be literate. Formal classical education was viewed contrary to slavery notions.
