A Forgotten History: The Slave Trade and Slavery in New England
by The Choices Program
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Description
These podcasts, produced by the Choices Education Program at Brown University, bring university scholars into secondary level classrooms. They are designed to be used along with printed curriculum materials that are available at www.choices.edu. The printed curriculum unit A Forgotten History: The Slave Trade and Slavery in New England explores the effects of the trade in slaves and of slavery itself for the new Americans of the time. The unit helps students to understand how history, and the telling of history, affects us today. For more information visit www.choices.edu/slavery.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoWhy was slavery accepted for so long? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoWhy is it important to study this period of history? | Joanne Pope Melish | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoWhy did the Constitution have to be amended to abolish slavery? | Michael Vorenberg | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoWhy did Africans participate in the slave trade? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoWho are you and what do you do? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoWho are you and what do you do? | Joanne Pope Melish | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoWho are you and what do you do? | Gordon Wood | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoWho are you and what do you do? | Michael Vorenberg | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoWho are you and what do you do? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoWhere did enslaved people come from in Africa? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoWhere did African slavery originate in the United States? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoWhat were the arguments for and against abolition? | Joanne Pope Melish | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoWhat was unique about the African slave trade in the Americas? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoWhat was unique about enslaved people's lives in New England? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoWhat was the triangle trade? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoWhat was the triangle trade? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoWhat was the mortality rate on slave ships? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoWhat was the journey from Africa to the Americas like for captives? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoWhat was the American Colonization Society? | Joanne Pope Melish | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoWhat was life like for free blacks in New England? | Joanne Pope Melish | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoWhat was gradual emancipation? | Joanne Pope Melish | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoWhat was “family slavery”? | Joanne Pope Melish | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoWhat percentage of Newport's population was African? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoWhat role did Quakers play in the abolitionist movement? | Joanne Pope Melish | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoWhat is a "day name"? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoWhat countries were involved in the triangle trade? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoHow were New Englanders involved in the slave trade? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoHow was slavery in New England different from slavery in the South? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoHow was Northern Slavery Forgotten? | Joanne Pope Melish | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoHow was Newport, Rhode Island involved in the triangle trade? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoHow many Africans were transported across the Atlantic during the slave trade? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoHow has the telling of this part of American history changed over time? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoHow do scholars get information about early Africans in Rhode Island? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoHow do scholars get information about slave trading voyages? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoHow did white Northerners view free people of color? | Joanne Pope Melish | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoHow did the War of Independence affect people’s views of slavery? | Gordon Wood | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoHow did the slave trade affect communities in Africa? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoHow did slave traders acquire captives? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoHow did the slave ship Sally acquire slaves? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoHow did segregation develop in New England? | Joanne Pope Melish | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoHow did religion influence early Africans in New England? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoHow can historians use gravestones as primary sources? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoHow did religion influence abolitionists in New England? | Keith Stokes | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoDid African slave traders enslave their own people? | James Campbell | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 44 Episodes |
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