Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Title
The "Benefits" of the Slave Trade
Department
History Department
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2012-2013
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities
Abstract
As part of my Fulbright Grant to Ghana I studied the standards, read the texts, and interviewed teachers about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. What I found was astounding and nuanced. The standardized test question for Ghana is "Who benefitted more from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Europeans or Ghanaians?" Come learn how narrow both sides of the Atlantic are when it comes to teaching about the largest forced migration in history.
Conference Name
Joint Social Studies Conference
Conference Location
Warren, Michigan
ScholarWorks Citation
Stabler, Scott, "The "Benefits" of the Slave Trade" (2013). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 1049.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/1049
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