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Understanding the Middle Passage with Primary Sources

Students read excerpts from five primary sources describing the Middle Passage and analyze the patterns in the sources.

Overview: Students read excerpts from five primary sources describing the Middle Passage and analyze the patterns in the sources.

Background: Students will have read about the development of the transatlantic slave trade in their textbooks. This lesson makes use of Betsy Potash’s Hexagonal Thinking Activity.