Under its plain, unequivocal law, the bondman, at the unrestrained will of his master, is shut out from all instruction; while in many places--incredible to relate--the law itself, by cumulative provisions, positively forbids that he shall be taught to read!
Sumner highlights the legal barriers preventing enslaved individuals from receiving education.
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