"Learning to Read" is a poem written by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. The poem is about an African American slave whose name is Chloe. She has a desire to read from a young age but now she is sixty and still try to pursue her desire of reading the Bible.
<u>The Yankee in the poem is referred to the people of North Union States who were against Confederate and Rebs (short for rebels) for the Confederates who fought for the Southerners and slaves. </u>
<u>The Rebs in the poem hate Yankee teachers coming too south because they did not like slaves being able to read and write as they will be able to achieve freedom. Rebs hate Yankee teachers coming down to teach them because it was against their rule</u>.
