Resources
Resources

 

General Links:

Africans in America- Resource Bank for pre Civil-War Era (this is a great link for all topics)

Lincoln-Douglass Debate

Black History hotlist

The History Channel

Born in Slavery- Slaves Narratives

American Memory- Historical Digital Archive

Internet History Sourcebook

For images and photos:

http://www.google.com/images

http://uk.altavista.com/searchimg?stype=simage

http://dgl.microsoft.com/

 

 

1.  Life on a Southern Plantation:

A.  Master B. Enslaved Man C.  Enslaved Woman

http://www.plantation.com/history.html

http://www.lattaplantation.org/

http://www.melodylane.net/virginny.html

http://www.webarchaeology.com/Html/history.htm

http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/13.htm

(courtesy of M. Zimmerman):

http://www.kle.nw.schule.de/gymgoch/faecher/politik/biling_9/slavery/liplant.htm

 

 

 

 

2.  Abolition Movement:

A.    Former Slaves (Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman or Sojourner Truth)  

B.     Northern abolitionists (William Lloyd Garrison or Harriet Beecher Stowe)

C.     Southern Abolitionists (Angelina or Sarah Grimke)

 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3142.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p478.html

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam007.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/index.html

 

3.  Compromise of 1850:

A.  Henry Clay    B. John Calhoun C.  Daniel Webster

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html

Calhoun

http://www.lsjunction.com/events/comp1850.htm

map

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0813116.html

(Courtesy of Rachelle Rubin):

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm043.html

 

 

 

4.  John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry:

A.  John Brown   B.  Robert E. Lee        C. Brown’s followers

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2940.html

http://www.civilwarhome.com/johnbrown.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASharpers.htm

Robert E. Lee

 

5.  Dred Scott Decision:

A.  Scott    B.  Sanford    C.  Chief JusticeTaney

 http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/dred.htm

http://library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott/toc.html

 

 

 

Ramaz Middle School 7th Grade History;  Ms. Bernstein, Ms. Rubin