1. Education of Slaves
During the years of slavery, education was an extremely controversial issue among these individuals. The entire nation's economy depended heavily upon the free labor of slaves, which made so many oppose the idea of abolition. The main fear in the education of slaves was that they would revolt; and the southern economy would collapse, therefore, causing detrimental effects on the country's economy as a whole. ... In the years before the Civil War, white southerners virtually halted the formal education of slaves. ... Although the majority of slaves simply ignored the Whites" wishes, ...
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