SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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protected slaves from being treated cruelly by their masters
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said slave children could not work until they were 10 years old
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forbade slaves from learning to read and write
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Enslaved people were regarded and treated as property with little to no rights. In many colonies, enslaved people could not testify in a court of law, own guns, gather in large groups, or go out at night.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some enslaved people were educated in Bray schools. These schools educated enslaved people in Christian teachings. This allowed enslaved Africans to learn to read and sometimes write. Christian leaders thought that being literate was important to being a Christian.
Detailed explanation-4: -Slaves were punished for not working fast enough, for being late getting to the fields, for defying authority, for running away, and for a number of other reasons. The punishments took many forms, including whippings, torture, mutilation, imprisonment, and being sold away from the plantation.