Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Three Senatorial Giants: Clay, Calhoun and Webster
Read about these three titans of the Senate from 1812 until their deaths in the 1850s. Their last struggle against each other was the issue of slavery. See how Henry Clay, the great compromiser, offered one last compromise to try to keep...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: Slavery in America
People enslaved Africans for their enforced labor from before America's founding until the end of the Civil War. Learn about the history of slavery, its effects on a budding nation, and the fight to abolish it. This collection includes...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Columbia University and Slavery
This website was created by faculty, students, and staff to publicly present information about Columbia's historical connections to the institution of slavery. This research includes a wealth of material about the university and...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Columbia University & Slavery Student Research
This website was created by faculty, students, and staff to publicly present information about Columbia's historical connections to the institution of slavery. This page contains a listing of student research, interviews, and exhibits.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Secession of the Southern States
This primary source set uses documents, illustrations, and maps to explore events and ideas that drove the formation of the Confederate States of America and the United States' descent into civil war. Includes a teacher's guide.
Digital History
Digital History: Antebellum Slavery
The ideals of liberty after the Revolutionary War brought freedom to many slaves. Read about why the institution of slavery rebounded after the introduction of the cotton gin.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Debate Over Slavery
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains information about the renewed debate over the spread of slavery after the Mexican War. It describes the Wilmot Proviso, popular sovereignty, the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive...
Black Past
Black Past: Louisiana Purchase and African Americans
In this brief encyclopedia article, you find the effect the Louisiana Purchase had on African-Americans because of the new land added to the United States. There is a link to a website that gives additional information about the...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Columbia University & Slavery the College of Physicians
This website was created by faculty, students, and staff to publicly present information about Columbia's historical connections to the institution of slavery. This article focuses on the College of Physician and Surgeons who had faculty...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Columbia University & Slavery Merchant Families
Wealthy merchant families dominated the economy, society, and politics of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New York City. Many merchant families associated with Columbia University derived their wealth from trading in slaves and goods...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Columbia University & Slavery Early Presidents
This website was created by faculty, students, and staff to publicly present information about Columbia's historical connections to the institution of slavery. Slavery was a central feature of the college from its founding. Several of...
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Lincoln's Spot Resolutions
This "Teaching with Documents" lesson on Lincoln's spot resolutions explores the Mexican War, Lincoln's questioning of the propriety of the war, and the power of the U.S. President at that time. Content includes extensive historical...