 | Theology - 1862 - 920 pages
...writing whatsoever. The preamble to this law reveals the whole secret. It is in the following words : " Whereas the having of slaves taught to write, or suffering...writing, may be attended with great inconveniences." "With great inconveniences" — to the masters, namely ; and it is their interests which the slave-laws... | |
 | Theology - 1862 - 926 pages
...writing whatsoever. The preamble to this law reveals the whole secret. It is in the following words : " Whereas the having of slaves taught to write, or suffering...writing, may be attended with great inconveniences." "With great inconveniences" — to the masters, namely ; and it is their interests which the slave-laws... | |
 | Bible - 1862 - 934 pages
...writing whatsoever. The preamble to this law reveals the whole secret. It is in the following words : " Whereas the having of slaves taught to write, or suffering...writing, may be attended with great inconveniences." "With great inconveniences " — to the masters, namely ; and it is their interests which the slave-laws... | |
 | Education - 1870 - 944 pages
...education of the colored raco ; in 1710, while yet a British province, its assembly enacted this law: "Whereas the having of slaves taught to write, or...them to be employed in writing, may be attended with inconveniences, Be it enacted, That all and every person and persons whatsoever, who shall hereafter... | |
 | United States. Department of Education - African Americans - 1871 - 944 pages
...education of the colored race; in 1710, while yet a British province, its assembly enacted this law: "Whereas the having of slaves taught to write, or...them to be employed in writing, may be attended with inconveniences. Be it enacted, That all and every person and persons whatsoever, who shall hereafter... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - Law - 1879 - 826 pages
...used or occupied by any slave or slaves." [Ib. 438.] "And, whereas, the having slaves taught to read, or suffering them to be employed in writing, may be attended with great inconvenience, be it therefore enacted, that all and every person and persons whatsoever who shall... | |
 | George Washington Williams - African Americans - 1882 - 1152 pages
...from the Union. In 1740, while yet a British province, the Legislature passed the following law : " Whereas the having of slaves taught to write, or suffering...them to be employed in writing, may be attended with inconveniences, Be it enacted, That all and every person and persons whatsoever, who shall hereafter... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Authors, American - 1896 - 504 pages
...Laws of Slavery." The legislature of South Carolina, in 1740, enounced the following preamble : 2 " Whereas, the having of slaves taught to write, or...writing, may be attended with great inconveniences ; " and enacted that the crime of teaching a slave to write, or of employing a slave as a scribe, should... | |
 | Peter Thomas Stanford - African Americans - 1897 - 298 pages
...teach him ? As early as 1740 the colony of South Carolina enacted this law : ' Whereas, the having slaves taught to write, or suffering them to be employed in writing, may be attended with great inconvenience : Be it enacted, That all and every person or persons whatsoever who shall hereafter... | |
 | Kelly Miller - African Americans - 1909 - 320 pages
...colony, South Carolina took the lead in directly legislating against the education of the colored race: Whereas the having of slaves taught to write, or suffering...them to be employed in writing, may be attended with inconvenience, be it enacted, That all and any person or persons' whatsoever, who shall hereafter teach... | |
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Whereas the having of slaves taught to write, or suffering them to be employed in writing, may be attended with great inconveniences... 
