Georgia and Alabama Pass Anti-Literacy Laws

Georgia (1829, reinforced 1833) and Alabama (1832) pass laws criminalizing education for enslaved people. Georgia's law bans teaching enslaved or free Black people to read and write, imposing fines on whites and corporal punishment on Black violators. Alabama's law prohibits assembling to teach Black people. The wave of anti-literacy laws sweeps the entire South after Turner's rebellion.