Prior knowledge
What does it mean to be illiterate?
What was the Middle Passage
Bell work
The teaching of slaves tends to excite dissatisfaction in their minds. Therefore, any free person that shall teach any slaves to read or write shall be liable to indictment. If any slave shall teach, or attempt to teach any other slave, he or she shall receive thirty-nine lashes on his or her bare back.
Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Diagram of the inside of a slave ship
Where slaves came from
Exit slip
How does the ability to read move people toward freedom?
Are educated people more likely to remain free?
What does it mean to be illiterate?
What was the Middle Passage
Bell work
The teaching of slaves tends to excite dissatisfaction in their minds. Therefore, any free person that shall teach any slaves to read or write shall be liable to indictment. If any slave shall teach, or attempt to teach any other slave, he or she shall receive thirty-nine lashes on his or her bare back.
Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage
Exit slip
How does the ability to read move people toward freedom?
Are educated people more likely to remain free?