Category: US History

Freedom, Enslavement, Resistance

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Post date September 20, 2023
Categories In 9-12, African American History, History, Maryland, US History
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The Last Slave Ship: The Clotilda & AfricaTown

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Post date May 11, 2023
Categories In 9-12, History, US History, Wisconsin
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Students in Grades 10 through 12 will research the history of the Clotilda and Africatown in order to understand the ways in which different groups of people–specifically enslaved Africans and white Americans–experienced the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the period of American slavery.

Violations of U.S. Commerce & Piracy Act of 1820: transporting Africans to the Americas (including the U.S.)

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Post date May 11, 2023
Categories In 6-8, Connecticut, History, US History
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Students in Grade 8 will analyze a selection of primary sources–including the Constitution, legislation, and court decisions–related to the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade in order to understand the conditions which allowed for continued trafficking of Africans and the Clotilda’s voyage.