To: polymuser
“Around 12 years old, his masters 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.
Perhaps we can teach NFL players to read
10 posted on
02/07/2018 7:06:30 AM PST by
dsrtsage
(For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
To: jeffersondem
If the bad guys had really wanted to prevent slaves from learning to read, they should have sent them to public schools.In that era a totally different method of teaching reading was used in public schools.
It was simple and it worked.
Phonics. And there were two sets of rules one must know to make it work that have been forgotten since the 1800s.
The silent letter rules and the substitute letter rules.
14 posted on
02/07/2018 7:13:11 AM PST by
Mogger
To: jeffersondem
17 posted on
02/07/2018 7:17:10 AM PST by
Billyv
( Ephesians 6:11 for we battle not against flesh and blood...Pray for our leaders and nation!)
To: jeffersondem
29 posted on
02/07/2018 7:45:11 AM PST by
gundog
(Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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