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American Slavery
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Port Chester Middle School Students Asked To Create 'Runaway Slave' Ad
Parents and school administrators at a middle school in Westchester were caught off guard by a recently distributed extra credit assignment that invoked 19th Century slavery. A photo of an assignment given to students at the Port Chester Middle School, in which they would have to create a “runaway slave ad” has gone viral on Facebook, and has drawn the ire of local parents and school administrators. According to school officials, the assignment was related to a unit of curriculum on American slavery that asked students to create the advertisement. The ad was intended to mimic original 19t…