2. Review Transatlantic Slave Trade PPT Note Sheet (hand in to eBackpack)
3. Massachusetts Body of Liberties - 1641
- The Body of Liberties is a document originally published in 1641 containing 100 liberties intended for use as guidance for the General Court of the time. This document is considered by many as the precursor to the General Laws of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Constitution. It incorporates rights that were later judged to be ahead of their time, with some of these rights eventually appearing in the Bill of Rights. Scholars do not agree as to whether these liberties were ever adopted, adopted provisionally or approved of by the General Court (they would then have been "codified" and become law).
- Scroll through the test of the MA Body of Liberties until you find the section titled "Liberties of Foreigners and Strangers"
- Read the three "laws" that are included in this section. What is the "main idea" of each of the three laws?
- Anything jump out to you?
- What is the significance of this document to the history of slavery in this country?
3. The Forgotten History of the New England Slave Trade
4. HW
- "The Choices Program - The Forgotten History of the New England Slave Trade"
- Read "Part 1" and complete "Study Guide - Part 1" (submit through eBackpack)
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