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Weird History

What It Was Like to Be a Roman Slave

12th - Higher Ed
Slave labor was a huge aspect of Roman life and the Republic depended heavily on free work from human beings who had no rights, no possessions, and were left at the whims of their masters to be worked to death, starved, tortured, and...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: Slavery

9th - 10th
John Green teaches you about America's "peculiar institution," slavery. John will talk about what life was like for a slave in the 19th century United States, and how slaves resisted oppression, to the degree that was possible. We'll...
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Other

Reading Through History: A Day in the Life of a Slave

7th - 9th
What was a day like for a slave living in the pre Civil War era? This video lesson attempts to answer the questions: How many Southerners owned slaves? How were the slaves treated? What types of punishments were common? How did...