SS.912.AA.1.1

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Examine the condition of slavery as it existed in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe prior to 1619.

Clarifications

Clarification 1: Instruction includes how trading in slaves developed in African lands (e.g., Benin, Dahomey).

Clarification 2: Instruction includes the practice of the Barbary Pirates in kidnapping Europeans and selling them into slavery in Muslim countries (i.e., Muslim slave markets in North Africa, West Africa, Swahili Coast, Horn of Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Ocean slave trade).

Clarification 3: Instruction includes how slavery was utilized in Asian cultures (e.g., Sumerian law code, Indian caste system).

Clarification 4: Instruction includes the similarities between serfdom and slavery and emergence of the term “slave” in the experience of Slavs.

Clarification 5: Instruction includes how slavery among indigenous peoples of the Americas was utilized prior to and after European colonization.

General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: African American History
Standard: Examine the causes, courses and consequences of the slave trade in the colonies from 1609-1776.
Date Adopted or Revised: 05/24
Status: State Board Approved

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This benchmark is part of these courses.
2100340: African-American History (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
2100336: African-American History Honors (Specifically in versions: 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))

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