11.14 Slavery and the American Economy

Due Today: Slavery and the American Economy prep sheet

Learning Target:

• I can evaluate to what extent slavery was integral in the early American economy
• I can create a claim surrounding how the reality of slavery was consistent with, or in opposition to, the Founders' vision for America by the mid 1800's

Warm-Up:

Use the chart and map, "Memoirs of a Monticello Slave", and your notes to draw the American slave system by the mid 1800s. (10 min)

Discussion of Edward Ayer's Lecture - Gilder Lehrman and the University of Richmond

Exit card:

Tweet at the author of your textbook @johnnewman. Tell him what you think of the books coverage of this topic. Did they adequately cover the issue of slavery and the economy or is something missing?