SAT US History Practice Question

"The manhood of the slave is conceded. It is admitted in the fact that Southern statute books are covered with enactments forbidding, under severe fines and penalties, the teaching of the slave to read or to write." -Frederick Douglass, 1852 Why did Douglass point out that there were laws against teaching slaves to read?

1. A.To show that the Southern statute books were unfair
2. B.To show that since only humans can read, slaves were human
3. C.To warn slaves that they were in danger of fines and penalties if they learned to read
4. D.To concede that the Southerners had control of the slaves
5. E.To show that the laws would not be obeyed