In 1832, Henry Berry, a renowned US senator, made a famous statement in his address to the Virginia House of Delegates, and with reference to the African Slaves, he was quoted as saying “We have as far as possible, closed every avenue by which light may enter the slave’s mind. If we could extinguish the capacity to see the light, our work would be complete. They (The Black Slaves) would then be on the level with the beast of the field and we should be safe”.