SS.912.AA.2.5

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Examine how federal and state laws shaped the lives and rights for enslaved and free Africans in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Clarifications

Clarification 1: Instruction includes how different states passed laws that gradually led to the abolition of slavery in northern states (e.g., gradual abolition laws: RI Statutes 1728, 1765 & 1775, PA 1779, MA & NH 1780s, CT & NJ 1784, NY 1799; states abolishing slavery: VT 1777).

Clarification 2: Instruction includes the Constitutional provision regarding fugitive persons.

Clarification 3: Instruction includes the ramifications of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision.

General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: African American History
Standard: Analyze events that involved or affected African descendants and changed the American economic, political and social landscapes between 1776-1865.
Date Adopted or Revised: 05/24
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

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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