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Beneath the Underground: Flight to Freedom

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that tells the story of the Underground Railroad in Maryland. Includes interactive maps.
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US National Archives

Docsteach: Letter to President Abraham Lincoln From Annie Davis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will study a letter from Annie Davis, a woman who was enslaved in Maryland and wrote a letter to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War to find out if 'we are free.' The students will decide if she received her freedom...
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Dred Scott Trials: An Account

For Students 9th - 10th
This article an account of the many Dred Scott Trials (1846-1854)in an attempt to be freed from slavery.