Life as an Enslaved Person
Black History
•
12m
What was life like for an enslaved person in America? This program explores the daily life and customs of enslaved children and adults from Colonial Times through Emancipation. What foods did they eat? How did they celebrate marriage? What role did singing play in their lives?Through live-action vignettes, reenactments, archival photographs and animated maps, students will come to understand the hardships and plight of African Americans living under the institution of slavery.
Up Next in Black History
-
Escaping Slavery on the Undergound Ra...
Stirring dramatizations, archival photographs, and colorful maps help tell the story of the Underground Railroad. Students will understand that the Underground Railroad was a series of safe houses maintained by volunteers which were used by enslaved people to escape to freedom. The program focuse...
-
Standing Up For Freedom: Harriet Tubm...
From the fight to abolish slavery in the 1800s to the efforts to stop segregation in the 1900s, this program chronicles the civil rights movement in America. Students will learn about the courageous leaders of the Abolitionist Movement like William Lloyd Garrison and Harriet Tubman who risked th...
-
Harriet Tubman and Her Escape to Freedom
Millions of enslaved African-American men, women, and children lived in the United States less than 200 years ago. During that period of American history, many brave men and women attempted an escape to freedom. Harriet Tubman overcame incredible odds and succeeded not only in gaining freedom f...
