Sale of African American Female Slave to Free African American Man

Details

Author
Linda Ruehle
Topic/Subject Area
Slavery, Indenture; African American, Black Life
Historical Era
Revolutionary America, 1763–1783
Grade Level
Elementary (K–5)
Creation Date
2017
Last Revision Date
2024

About This Lesson

Summary and Objective

Students will read a 1783 bill of sale of Samuel Stanton selling enslaved Binah to Prince, a free man, and use the Observe-Think-Wonder graphic organizer to interpret this primary source.