Read the quotation from former enslaved person John Fields. Then answer the question. Why did enslaved people have to educate themselves?

Enslaved people did not have the time to learn to read or write.

Enslaved people were forced to set up their own schools.

Teaching enslaved people to read and write was not allowed.
In most [enslaved people] was the great desire to [be] able to read and write. We took advantage of every opportunity to educate ourselves.

–John Fields