At age 13, the first time hearing slaves were shipped across the AtlanticĪt Indianapolis Public Schools, teachers still use textbooks. The Indiana Department of Education does provide extra resources online, but it’s unclear how widely they’re used.įor example, a video about Mary Bateman Clark, a slave who sued to end indentured servitude in Indiana, was uploaded to Vimeo three years ago and linked on the state resources website. Most textbooks also failed to cover the profit motive inherent in slavery.The textbook described the routine sexual assault of enslaved persons as “frequent sexual liaisons” or “unwanted sexual advances” that were only “sometimes” rape. An AP edition of an American history text from publishing giant McGraw-Hill presents the relationship between slavery and racism as “undecided,” the review found.An Alabama history text lists “state’s rights” as the first cause of the Civil War in a list of several factors.
What's more, most popular textbooks fail to provide comprehensive coverage of slavery and enslaved people, the SPLC research found.įor example, when the center reviewed 12 popular history textbooks, it found: In Indiana, explicit mentions of slavery in academic standards are few and far between – just a handful of times between fourth grade and high school. Jeffries' team reviewed 15 sets of state standards and found most lacked details about slavery or its essential role to the American economy.
400 years of slavery: In 1619, a ship arrived in Virginia, bearing human cargo What must schools teach about slavery? Not muchįor starters, states fail to set high expectations with their curriculum standards, the SPLC research found.
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