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TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS

1. Why were female slaves considered uniquely valuable? 2. How was the legal status of a child determined under slavery? 3. In what ways were the rights of slave women and free women similar and different?

RESEARCH PROJECT

Listen to a narrative from the “Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories” collection in the Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/collections/ voices-remembering-slavery/about-this-collection/). Describe what you know about the person interviewed. How old were they when slavery ended or they became free? Compare and contrast the narrative you heard with that of another classmate. Write about how these narratives help us understand slavery better.

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Women and Children in Slavery