The following standards have been taken from the Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McRel) standards.

Students will understand:

• Understands different economic, cultural and social characteristics of slavery after 1800 (e.g., the influence of the Haitian Revolution and the ending of the Atlantic Slave Trade, how slaves formed their own culture in the face of oppression, the role of the plantation system in shaping slaveholders and the enslaved, the experiences of escaped slaves)



• Understands the contribution of African slaves to economic development in the Americas (e.g., contributions of rice cultivation and cattle raising in South Carolina) and the transmission of African cultural heritage (e.g., through religious practices, dances, and work songs)



• Understands how slavery shaped economic and social elements of Southern society (e.g., how slavery hindered the emergence of capitalist institutions and values, the influence of slavery on the development of the middle class, the influence of slave revolts on the lives of slaves and freed slaves)