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Slave Trade
From: Digital Inquiry Group
Grade Level: MS, HS
Remote Ready: With Modifications
Time: Less than 1 class period
Length of Reading: Paragraphs
Link: Second Middle Passage
This lesson plan contains 4 short primary sources on the slave trade, including the personal accounts of an enslaved person and a slave trader, and questions/worksheets for each. There is also a short outline for a mini-lecture.
More Information:
Grade Level:
MS, HS: This lesson is meant for middle school and high school students
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Primary Source: This activity utilizes primary sources.
Alexandria, Virginia. Slave pen. Interior view. [Between 1861 and 1869] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018670632/>.

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