Massachusetts and Rhode Island were the two main slave trading colonies in the Triangular Trade, a topic rarely explored in the teaching of slavery, leaving an incomplete picture. Slavery was entrenched in colonial New England. The enslaved lived in the homes of their enslavers, worked for members of the community, were sometimes educated, got married, and became members of the enslaver’s church. In the southern colonies the number of enslaved people often outnumbered the White population and there was a clear separation of the races, with little documentation about the lives of the enslaved.
Where I am From: Experiencing Slavery with Primary Sources
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Topic/Subject Area | African American, Black Life; Slavery, Indenture |
Historical Era | Colonial settlement, 1620–1762, Revolutionary America, 1763–1783, The New Nation, 1784–1815, National Expansion and Reform, 1816–1860 |
Grade Level | Middle School (6–8) |
Creation Date | 2017 |
Last Revision Date | 2024 |