Teaching Enslavement in American History

Chara Haeussler Bohan is an education professor at Georgia State University, specializing in educational history, curriculum, race, and gender. She has published more than 100 articles and books and has most recently focused on the perpetuation of Lost Cause mythology in northern and southern schools.H. Robert Baker is a history professor at Georgia State University, specializing in law and the Constitution. He has written two books on the Supreme Court and slavery, and dozens of articles on topics ranging from slavery and law to American literature. His current research examines freedom suits and the practice of kidnapping free Black people into slavery.LaGarrett J. King is an education professor at the University at Buffalo, specializing in social studies curriculum, with a focus on how Black history is interpreted and taught in schools and society. He has published more than 60 articles and book chapters, and also researches critical theories of race, teacher education, and curriculum history.Wade Morris taught high school history for fifteen years in Virginia, Georgia, and Beirut, Lebanon. He currently serves as a Dean’s Fellow at Georgia State University’s College of Education and Human Development, where he researches the 19th century roots of American education.

• List of Tables – List of Illustrations – Acknowledgements – Introduction – Slavery in Colonial America – The Middle Passage – African Cultural Retention – Slavery and the Constitution – Slavery in the Early Republic, 1790–1833 – Enslavement and Resistance – Abolitionism – Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War, 1833– 1860 – Civil War and Emancipation – Index.

“In an important book for this crucial moment, the authors have created what is sure to become the go to source for teaching about slavery in the context of our Nation’s troubling history of white supremacy. Caught between the wrath of school boards and the hammer of social justice, in this timely volume teachers and students will find in-depth chapters with richly detailed documents, framing questions, and lessons for thoughtfully ‘doing’ and understanding the history and legacy of slavery.”—Ronald W. Evans, Professor, San Diego State University