Slave beatings as math homework

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NORCROSS, Ga. (CBS Atlanta) – Figuring out how many oranges were picked by slaves and how many beatings per day Frederick Douglass received was allowed to help teach elementary students their multiplication and division tables at one school.



...“Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?” The other said, “If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?”

http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/01/09/georgia-school-math-assignment-references-slavery-beatings/

 

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