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Why did slaves learn to read if it was outlawed by slave codes?
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Why did slaves learn to read if it was outlawed by slave codes?

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The slaves learn to read because Christian owners wanted their slaves to read the Bible even though it was outlawed by slave codes.

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Because being able to read gave them power. They could find out about what was happening around them. Like reading newspapers.
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