@CStamp @tombarkas @StillIRise1963 @_L1vY_ Yeah, I'm wondering what teachers and textbooks will actually say because of this section of the guidelines.

The guideline section OP is about, I believe, is this: "Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit"

For example, I think teaching this factoid here with this tone seems appropriate, and would also satisfy the guideline:

(https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/national-expansion-and-reform-1815-1880/pre-civil-war-african-american-slavery/) "In Southern cities, many worked at a variety of skilled trades as well as common laborers. It was not unusual for those working in the cities to put away enough money to buy their freedom. Indeed, Southern cities, as well as many in the North, had large free black populations."

Or – do we have some reason to believe FL teachers need to dust off their 1920s textbooks that talk about how wonderful slavery was?

(I do not like how this guideline is written, however, and hope it gets redone after these hearings, at least.)