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title: "Why did slave owners prevent slaves from being educated?"  
description: "Why did slave owners prevent slaves from being educated?"  
author: "Akash Ahlawat"  
published: 2018-10-28  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51334/why-did-slave-owners-prevent-slaves-from-being-educated  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did slave owners prevent slaves from being educated? 

Why did [slave owners](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41895/what-did-northerners-fear-southern-slave-owners-might-do) prevent slaves from being educated? \
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