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Fearing that black literacy would prove a threat to the slave system -- which relied on slaves' dependence on masters -- whites in many colonies instituted laws forbidding slaves to learn to read or write and making it a crime for others to teach them.
In most southern states, anyone caught teaching a slave to read would be fined, imprisoned, or whipped. The slaves themselves often suffered severe punishment for the crime of literacy, from savage beatings to the amputation of fingers and toes.
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Abolitionist is a person who supports or supports the ideas of Abolishing (Getting rid of) Slavery, Anti-Abolitionist is a person who supports or supports the ideas and actions of Not getting Rid of Slavery.
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