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IMPORTANT NOTE
Please preview episodes and select age-appropriate scenes before viewing the series with your students.
ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS
Suggested scenes from Episode 4, Book of Negroes:
4:40 – 7:40
19:30 – 25:10
Viewing Questions
ELEMENTARY
1. What were the reactions in the Black community of Canvas Town to Aminata’s reading of
the peace treaty? Did Lieutenant Waters’ attempt to use the peace treaty to save Clayborne
from reenslavement work? What does Clayborne’s circumstance highlight about the
experiences of some Black people who crossed British lines?
2. The Black soldiers who served for one year in the British Army were promised they’d be
relocated to what place?
3. What two things did Captain John Clarkson ask Aminata to do? What was the military ledger
to be called? How was Aminata going to be compensated? How long was Aminata employed
to work on this project?
4. Berthilda repeats the words, “We’s family.” How does Berthilda try to keep her family
together? Why does she insist on doing this? How does Sam help?
5. Describe the point of view of General George Washington and the Patriots at the end of the
American Revolution.
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