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To Be Sold: Human Beings



Students analyze an 18th century slave auction poster for messages about the value of human beings and about the means and purposes of advertising humans as commodities to be sold. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Which Side Are You On?” To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.



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Relevant Subject Area(s)

US History

Grade Level(s)

High School, College

Media Type(s)

Poster

Author(s)

Sox Sperry

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