Slavery in the USA: video worksheets, differentiated

Please ensure you can access the video before you get this resource. A review of enslavement in the USA (and 13 Colonies) covering: the White Lion; tobacco; Africans seized, their prices in West Africa and the New World. The middle passage, the scale of the operation, main sources of slaves. Legalisation of slavery in different states, laws against racial mixing, punishments. Working conditions, armed resistance, 1793, The Fugitive Slave Act, the Underground Railway, escapees, Liberia, Lincoln, 13th Amendment.

Find the film on YouTube by searching for History of Slavery In The United States in 15 minutes

14 questions for the 15-min film. Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Excellent subtitles, scripted, not auto-generated. Questions right up to the end, no slack time. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files.

See also the BBC History episode on slavery: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12615637

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