Historical Memory
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Visual Depictions of Slavery
This learning module explores how visual media—especially charts and diagrams—can shape public understanding, emotion, and political action. Focusing on the iconic 1788 diagram of the Brookes slave ship diagram, students will examine how a single image helped transform abstract knowledge about slavery into a powerful, widely shared critique of its brutality.…
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Finding Evidence of Slavery in the Archives
In this module, Finding Evidence of Slavery in the Archives, students investigate how the history of slavery is preserved in ordinary documents of everyday life. Focusing on archival materials such as advertisements, students will learn to recognize how slavery was embedded in the daily rhythms of American society. Using runaway…