Parents were irate when a 5th grade assignment asked kids to 'set their price for a slave'

Parents were irate when a 5th grade assignment asked kids to 'set their price for a slave'

The slave trade is an extremely dark and horrific part of American history. It's impossible to talk about the history of our country without it, but it's also difficult to talk about with the right level of sensitivity, respect, nuance, and context. Millions of people died directly because of the Atlantic slave trade, which is to say nothing of the inhumane cruelty that the survivors of enslavement suffered.How do you explain something so unimag…