Answer:
They wrapped their school textbooks with paper.
Explanation:
Susie King Taylor was born in 1848, a period when African Americans were not allowed to learn how to read and write. She lived with her grandmother and siblings. Taylor would secretly go to the house of her grandmother's friend known as Mrs. Woodhouse. For two years, she would do this secretly with her brother, wrapping her textbooks with paper so as not to be seen by the policemen.
She also made a white friend known as Katie O'Connor who promised to teach her if she did not tell her father. Katie did this for four months. Later, their landlord's son also volunteered to teach Susie.