[polymuser]

Yes. The got the reading, now they need to learn discernment.

[jeffersondem]

“Around 12 years old, his master’s sister-in-law, Sophia Auld, was teaching Frederick the alphabet, despite this being against the law.”

If the bad guys had really wanted to prevent slaves from learning to read, they should have sent them to public schools.

[luvbach1]

Blacks started out supporting the party of Lincoln, the Republicans, but were returned to the plantation by Democrat promises of government largess and charges of racism against Republicans.