Publisher will revise textbook that called enslaved Africans ‘workers’
By Here & NowPublisher will revise textbook that called enslaved Africans ‘workers’
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Texas has long been a battleground over school textbooks. During the last year, experts have criticized them for naming Moses as a founding father and also downplaying slavery as a cause of the Civil War.
The latest controversy comes after a family near Houston pointed out how a geography book described slaves.
Laura Isensee from Here & Now contributor Houston Public Media takes a closer look at what happened and what’s next.