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The Legal Codification of Chattel Slavery in Colonial Law
Explain how colonial laws defined enslaved Black people as hereditary property, stripping them of civil and legal rights.
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Slavery, the Middle Passage, and Colonial Labor
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Examine the origins, expansion, and institutionalization of slavery across the colonies, the transatlantic slave trade, and forms of Black resistance.
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5.T1.5Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe the origins of slavery, its legal status in all the colonies through the 18th century, and the prevalence of slave ownership, including by many of the country’s early leaders (e.g., George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason).
5.T1.7.aMassachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeEnslaved African Americans were property that could be bought, sold, and separated from their families by their owners; they were generally not taught to read or write, and generally owned no property; they suffered many kinds of abuse and could be