Liberty, Race and Slavery in British North America in the Age of the Enlightenment
In the light of the Black Lives Matter movement in the US, Europe and around the world today, this three-to-five lesson unit seeks to elaborate on the context of African-Americans in the Atlantic world of the 1700s, by focusing on the roles and voices – the agency – of African-Americans during this period. Many of these lessons focus on geographic connections – especially to Virginia. These lesson plans are designed for AP History/Geography classes. They were written by Colin Baker, AP European History, World History II, Blacksburg High School; and participant in the VGA-sponsored When We Were British Project.
