Economic Analysis of Slavery
Published By:
Michael DiCenzo
Historical Era:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Thinking Skill:
Historical Analysis & Interpretation
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Evaluating
Grade Level:
High School, College/University
Suggested Teaching Instructions
Pair this activity with the secondary source, Slavery in the United States.
Ask students to make connections between the primary sources they evaluated and the secondary source.
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Description
This activity engages students in interpreting and evaluating the end of the international slave trade in 1808, the hiring out of slaves, and the domestic slave trade. Students do this by analyzing with an economic lens a domestic slave ship manifest, two receipts of sale of slaves at different points in time, a slave payroll, and the law banning the international slave trade.