Abolitionists

Essential Question

What factors contributed to the level of tension within the United States that would eventually lead to the Civil War?

Learning Activity

Directions

For each individual on the list below use the links included and any other resources at your disposal to fill out the Trading Card Form. (When you open the form, you can go to File, then click on Make a Copy) You can print out the form on your own to use, create your own Google Drive form, or complete the info in your notebook. You should complete the information requirements for all the individuals in this list. The forms will be due on Thursday 4/3/2014.

Abolitionists

John Brown

• John Brown on PBS
• John Brown - University of Texas
• John Brown - What they said about him then

Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Biography
• Harriet Beecher Stowe - Primary Source Info
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin
• Impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
• Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Life

William Lloyd Garrison

• PBS Bio
• Letter Excerpts on Slavery
• Biography
• Short Bio/Primary Sources

Sojourner Truth

• PBS Bio
• National Park Service
• Sojourner Truth Memorial
• Sojourner Truth Article

Frederick Douglass

• PBS Bio
• Frederick Douglass Exhibit
• Frederick Douglass Biography
• Frederick Douglass Biography

Angelina Grimke

• PBS Bio
• Abolitionist Sisters
  • login info
  • username: kbw@oregonsd.net
  • password: 1HistoryWalker!
• National Park System Grimke Sisters

Pro-Slavery Advocates

Jefferson Davis

• Jefferson Davis Biography
• Tulane University Jefferson Davis
• Jefferson Davis and Slavery Memoirs
• Jefferson Davis Biography

John C. Calhoun

• Pro-slavery Argument
• Pro Slavery Argument
• Biographical information
• Biographical information
• “Abolition of Slavery”--Primary Source

William Joseph Harper

• Brief overview
• Introduction to “Memoir on Slavery”
• Excerpt of “Memoir on Slavery”--primary source

Henry James Hammond

• Brief overview
• Biographical information
• “On the Admission of Kansas” (aka: “Cotton is King”) Primary source document