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slave codes and literacy  

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  • Slave codes were laws enacted by colonial and state legislatures in the American South limiting the rights of enslaved African Americans and authorizing the use of force in an attempt to keep slaves subservient to their White masters. Typically, slave codes included provisions making it illegal to teach literacy skills to slaves. [Source: Encyclopedia ofthe Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Slave Codes and Literacy]

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