Slavery not only involved the forced migration of African people from their homes, it also meant the forced removal of people within the United States. Using data and interactive graphics, scholars see how the tragedy of human slavery led to movement of people away from loved ones during the antebellum period as they were sold or moved to fertile lands in the American West. Class members then explore the narratives of those affected by the internal slave trade within the United States.

Concepts

slavery, african american history, african american culture, human geography, human migration, the atlantic slave trade, the slave trade, civil war, the missouri compromise of 1850

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a series of questions learners must answer by exploring the data
• Correlate a timeline of American history to the human migration patterns in the data

Classroom Considerations

• Learners all need access to a computer to fully use the resources

Pros

• Use of first-person narratives humanizes data
• Presents data in ways that help students visualize the significance of the period in history

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.4 RH.9-10.7 RH.9-10.8 RH.9-10.9 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.4 RH.11-12.7 RH.11-12.8 RH.11-12.9 RH.11-12.10