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Colonial Economies, Labor, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

4th Grade · Social Studies · US-OK-SS

8 lessons

Goal

Compare regional colonial economies, understand the labor systems of indentured servitude and slavery, and evaluate the impacts of the triangular trade.

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  3. Southern Colonies Economy: Plantations and Cash CropsNot started yet
  4. Indentured Servitude in the Thirteen ColoniesNot started yet
  5. The Triangular Trade Routes and Global CommerceNot started yet
  6. The Middle Passage and the Transatlantic Slave TradeNot started yet
  7. Enslaved and Free Africans in Colonial AmericaYou are here
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Learning standards covered

us-ok5.2.8Oklahoma Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Compare the experiences of both free and enslaved Africans in the British colonies, including resistance efforts by enslaved peoples and attempts to maintain aspects of African culture.