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History

History

Slavery endured for two and a half centuries in the United States, since its beginning as a colonial body. During that time, education was not only denied to enslaved Africans, but the pursuit of it was made punishable by legal violence. Still, Africans had not forgotten their identities as full human beings with deep cultures, histories and systems of knowledge. Therefore, while many enslaved people went without access to formal learning, countless others contested and defied the law by reading, writing and sharing intelligence in secret.