Question

Reasons why slave owners didnt teach their slaves?

Answer 1

It would make them too wise

Step-by-step explanation:

They did not teach the slaves because they didnt want the slaves to forge passes or to spread abolitionist materials. In stanzas 7 and 8 it stated " knowledge didnt agree with slavery -- 'Twould make us all too wise."

Answer 2

They did not teach their slaves because they didn't want the slaves to forage passes or to spread of abolitionist materials. In 1740, Carolina passed a law that said it was illegal for someone to teach a slave to write, and the examples listed previously explain why. They didn't want them to fake their freedom.