Definition Of Ignorance

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Some people make say that ignorance is bliss. Ignorance may be bliss, but ignorance is also the key to keeping a person submissive. The definition of ignorance is: lack of knowledge or information. This may be bliss to some people, but to the slaves of early America, it was the most powerful tool used against them to keep them as slaves. It is much harder to keep someone enslaved if they are educated. During the time of slavery in America it was illegal to educate slaves. Slaves weren’t considered people, they were considered property and were treated as such. Since they were property they didn’t have any rights, including the right to education. The The slave owners wanted to keep the slaves in the dark. They wanted them to be uneducated

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