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Curated OER

Abolitionist Song

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, is part of the African American Mosaic. It describes abolition and gives references to books about the topic.
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Curated OER

Abolitionist Sheet Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, is part of the African American Mosaic. It describes abolition and gives references to books about the topic.
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Curated OER

Abolitionist Appeal to Women

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, is part of the African American Mosaic. It describes abolition and gives references to books about the topic.
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Curated OER

Copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin Owned by Noted Abolitionists

For Students 9th - 10th
See documents and pictures of those actively involved in the anti-slavery movement. From the Library of Congress.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard: Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 10th
A commentary on the popular abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Other

Eras of Elegance: The Victorian Era (1837 1901)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Gives an overview of the Victorian era, and information on what distinguishes it from other periods in history. Covers religion and spirituality, advances in science and technology, the arts, fashion, food, sports, and leisure pastimes....
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BBC

Bbc: Historic Figures: Olaudah Equiano

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Olaudah Equiano, an African who is famous for writing a narrative of his life as a slave, sailor, writer, Englishman, Christian, and abolitionist. Archived.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Sojourner Truth

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the biography of Sojourner Truth, a slave who escaped, fought for her son in the courts, and then became an abolitionist working for the freedom of all slaves on this site.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: William Lloyd Garrison

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features William Lloyd Garrison, an American journalistic crusader who published a newspaper, The Liberator (1831-65), and helped lead the successful abolitionist campaign...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Samuel Ringgold Ward

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Samuel Ringgold Ward, a black American abolitionist known for his oratorical power.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: David Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief life history of David Walker, an African-American abolitionist who was involved in the anti-slavery movement in the early 1820s.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Emancipation: Abolition

For Students 9th - 10th
Speeches, songs, letters, and pamphlets from the early- and mid-nineteenth century promoting the abolition of slavery and emancipation of enslaved peoples are provided within this resource.
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Cengage Learning

Heath Online Instructor's Guide: Angelina Grimke Weld and Sarah Moore Grimke

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Instruction guide in teaching the writings of Angelina and Sarah Grimke. Included are discussion questions.
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Digital History

Digital History: Civil War in Kansas [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The Compromise of 1850 did not solve all the slavery issues in the territories, which was not surprising. Read about the Kansas-Nebraska Act, put forth by Sen. Stephan Douglas, who proposed that the issue be decided by popular...
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Digital History

Digital History: John Brown at Harper's Ferry [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the influences in John Brown's life that led him to think inciting a slave insurrection would be the way to get rid of slavery. Read about his actions in Kansas, and the raid he planned at Harper's Ferry. [pdf]
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Digital History

Digital History: The Slave Power Conspiracy

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about a book published in 1864 that contended that there was a conspiracy to spread slavery into the western territories. See that the accusations included in the book could not be authenicated, but the ideas presented showed the...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Fugitive Slave Law

For Students 9th - 10th
See why the Fugitive Slave Act was such a contentious, divisive law that exacerbated tensions between North and South.
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Digital History

Digital History: Harper's Ferry

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the infamous raid on Harper's Ferry by John Brown and his band in 1859. His first plan had a chance of success thought Frederick Douglass, but the plan that was carried out was doomed from the start. See what John Brown was...
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Digital History

Digital History: What Was Life Like Under Slavery?

For Students 9th - 10th
A sobering look at the life of the plantation slave in the decades before the Civil War. Read about the malnutrition, severe treatment, and inadequate living conditions.
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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures: Breaking the Ice: The Mary Ann Shadd Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary Ann Shadd was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1823. She emigrated to Windsor, Upper Canada and was a leader in advocating for integrated schools at a time when most Canadians believed segregated schools should predominate. This web...
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Quakers

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the history of the Quakers, also called the Religious Society of Friends, who are the oldest organized Christian church in North Carolina.
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Other

Wwhp: American Anti Slavery Society

For Students 9th - 10th
A good review of the evolution of the support for the abolition of slavery from the first anti-slavery organization formed by the Quakers to the support for Abraham Lincoln as president. Focus is on the American Anti-Slavery Society and...
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Other

Personal Site: Thomas Clarkson

For Students 9th - 10th
A nicely done biography of the famous British anti-slavery campaigner in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Other

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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