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Slavery during the antebellum period in the United States did not allow the African American slaves to receive a legal education. The laws and restrictions caused the slaves to ï¬nd other methods in which to educate their young and themselves.
The lives of black people under slavery in the South were controlled by a web of customs, rules, and laws known as âslave codes.â Slaves could not travel without a written pass. They were forbidden to learn how to read and write.