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The Code Noir (Black Code), signed by King Louis XIV in 1685, was a set of laws that governed the practice of slavery in the French colonies, around the time when many European governments in North America were defining the legal status of
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Life Story: Dorothy Angola
Artist's Rendering of Dorothy Angola
"Artist’s rendering of Dorothy Angola." Slavery in New York Curriculum Guide (New York: New-York Historical Society, 2005).
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Mayken Van Angola, Lucretia Albiecke van Angola, and the wife of Peter Tamboer all humbly request the government to release us from slavery so we can be together in our old age and earn our income with our work along with other
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generations.
By legislating the outcomes of women’s sexual relationships, the Virginia Assembly hoped to divide the two races for generations to come.These three laws outline the way the Virginia Grand Assembly tied race to slavery in the 1600s. The 1643 law
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(found on pg. 43 of Slavery in New York), Life Story: Groot Manuel de Gerrit (found on pg. 71 of Slavery in New York), and Life Story: Dorothy Angola.
Children in the New World faced many challenges and dangers. Combine Lisbeth’s life story with any of
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Story: Marie-Josèphe Angélique.
WORK, LABOR, AND ECONOMY
For more resources relating to slavery in the English Colonies, see New World—New Netherland—New York.
Source Notes Artifact. Black Experiences. Classroom Application. Daily Life. Early
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Tekakwitha, The Mourning Poetry of Anne Bradstreet, Life on the Encomienda, Life Story: Lisbeth Anthonijsen, Children at Work, and Education in New France.
WORK, LABOR, AND ECONOMY
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following questions: Why were these women put on trial? What evidence existed of their guilt? What outside circumstances likely influenced the outcome of their trial?
POWER AND POLITICS
For resources relating to slavery in the Dutch and English
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. International. Latinx Experiences. Life Story. Middle School. Native American Experiences. Power and Politics. Race & Racism. Region. Resource Type. Slavery. Themes. Topics. Units. 1500. 1501. 1502. 1503. 1504. 1505. 1506. 1507. 1508. 1509. 1510. 1511. 1512
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cradleboard with the images of digging sticks and the Zuni pots for a lesson on the labor of women in North American Native communities.
DOMESTICITY AND FAMILY; WORK, LABOR, AND ECONOMY
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