+
Article
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: African Americans in the British New World

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the transit of Africans from their homeland to the American British colonies to work on plantations in the south as part of leg in the triangular trade.
+
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Mount Vernon and the Dilemma of a Revolutionary Slave Holder

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about George Washington's dependence on slaves to increase his wealth, and his private views on slavery. What were the possibilites had he expressed these views in public?
+
Activity
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial African American Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a few statistics on slaves in Maryland and Virginia and then contrasts the lives of field hand vs household or urban slaves.