////Two bits of bullshit here.

Only the very highly educated upper class few could read Latin - into which these books were translated, and transmitted, never in English.////

Son, I own books going back to the 16th century. While most of them are in Latin, I have several in English, in French and one in Welsh.

///Probably the same percentage today of the total population. Most working class slaves had never even heard the names.////

You know very little about this subject so why do you post? In many cultures, slaves were often educated. In New England, for example, slaves went to school. Although this wasn't generally true in the South, it was not unheard for some Southern slaves to also receive educations. In Rome, some slaves were highly educated.