EDITED: Lovejoy and Bowser on Teaching the Atlantic Slave Trade

Paul E. Lovejoy, and Benjamin P. Bowser, eds. The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery: New Directions in Teaching and Learning. Harriet Tubman Series on the African Diaspora. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2012.

The Harriet Tubman Institute is pleased to announce the Africa World Press publication of a new title in the Harriet Tubman Series on the African Diaspora.

Edited by Paul E. Lovejoy and Benjamin Bowser, “The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery: New Directions in Teaching and Learning” is an anthology of papers reflecting on what we teach and the way we teach in breaking the silence on the subject of slavery and its consequences.

“How do we break the “chain of silence” in teaching slavery and the slave trade?”

“What psychological impact does studying slavery have on children?”

“How can this impact be influenced by teaching African and African diaspora history?”

Read more here:  The Harriet Tubman Institute

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