Learning to read and write.

From 1505-1865 it was aganist the law to teach a Slave to read and write, in America.Well we can see why a Slave Master would want to keep his Slaves uneducated.Reading and Writing makes one think, and Slave Masters did not want their Slaves thinking. President James Madison left a Slave in Philadelpha, because after attening the contiental congress he felt that this Slave had been tainted with ideas. We see that throughtout history education has always been a powerful tool. What I take away from this is its hard for someone to control you when you are educated.