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Primary
University of Virginia

Virginia Center for Digital History: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital collection of advertisements for runaway and captured slaves in the period before the American Civil War. In addition, there are historical documents related to slavery. Gives the option of browsing or doing a detailed search....
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Cet: Africans in America: The Growth of Slavery in North America

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the economics of slavery in South Carolina and its importance to the profitable growing of rice. It continues with ways the slaves were controlled and punished in South Carolina and Georgia. Click on Teacher's Guide for teacher...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Runaways, Making of African American Identity: V. 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Several accounts by slaves of running away from bondage, written in the nineteenth century and also recorded in the 1930s, as well as newspaper advertisements seeking information about fugitive slaves in the eighteenth century.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Africans in America: Part 1: The Growth of Slavery in North America

For Students 9th - 10th
Focuses on slavery in North America, the worry about uprisings, and slavery's economic impact. Links to related information.
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Website
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Slavery & Making of America: The Slave Experience: Men, Women & Gender

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about issues related to slave gender roles at this PBS series site that features illustrations and documents dating back to the Colonial, Antebellum, and Reconstruction periods in American history.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: New York Slave Conspiracy (1741)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief encyclopedia entry about the possible slave conspiracy to burn New York City.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Stono Rebellion

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article gives information about the Stono Rebellion by South Carolina slaves, and the outcome of the revolt.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: New York Slave Uprising (1712)

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief encyclopedia article tells about the slave revolt in New York in 1712 which led to severe punishment and stricter laws for slaves.