• Refers to the broken English utilized by African slaves who learned to speak English during their enslavement in America. This form of speech became prefered by White people of the time, as it [validated] their belief that Africans were inferior and incapable of learning to be civilized. After a time, many children and decendants of slaves, both freed and still in [captivity], utilized some form of slave dialect while in the presence of White people, but in private spoke proper English, [read books], and wrote poetry.


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