Bookmark This PageSave text Informational War with Mexico In his editorial, Douglass argues that the Mexican War was a mechanism to expand slavery. by Frederick Douglass Grade Level 6-8 9-12 Topic Slavery Subject History Social Justice Domain Justice January 5, 2018
Bookmark This PageSave text Literature Run, Mary, Run This spiritual illustrates the relationship between Christian allusions and resisting enslavement on a physical and spiritual level. by Unknown Grade Level 6-8 9-12 Topic Slavery Subject History Social Justice Domain Identity Diversity Justice January 5, 2018
Bookmark This PageSave text Literature We’ll Soon Be Free This spiritual illustrates how enslaved people saw the Civil War through the lens of Christian imagery. by Grade Level 6-8 9-12 Topic Slavery Subject History Social Justice Domain Identity Diversity Justice Action January 5, 2018
Bookmark This PageSave text Literature Hold the Wind This spiritual illustrates the relationship between Christian allusions and imagery with the desire for freedom from enslavement. by Grade Level 6-8 9-12 Topic Slavery Subject History Social Justice Domain Identity Diversity Justice Action January 5, 2018
Bookmark This PageSave text Literature George Moses Horton, Myself This poem illustrates the ways Horton saw slavery imprisoning both his body and mind. by George Moses Horton Grade Level 6-8 9-12 Topic Slavery Subject History Social Justice Domain Justice January 5, 2018
Bookmark This PageSave text Informational Excerpt from Twelve Years a Slave This section illustrates the ways in which enslaved people resisted enslavement in overt and more subtle ways. by Solomon Northup Grade Level 6-8 9-12 Topic Slavery Subject History Social Justice Domain Diversity Justice Action January 5, 2018
Bookmark This PageSave text Informational An Act to Authorize the Manumission of Slaves (1782) This act shows the ways in which Virginia regulated manumitting (freeing) of enslaved people and the subsequent race-based laws for freedpeople. by Virginia General Assembly Grade Level 6-8 9-12 Topic Slavery Subject History January 5, 2018
Bookmark This PageSave text Informational U.S. Constitution: Articles I, II, IV, V These sections illustrate the ways in which the U.S. Constitution provided indirect protection of slavery. by James Madison Grade Level 6-8 9-12 Topic Slavery Subject History Social Justice Domain Justice January 5, 2018
Bookmark This PageSave text Informational U.S. Constitution: Articles I, IV, V These sections illustrate the ways in which the U.S. Constitution provided direct protection of slavery. by Grade Level 6-8 9-12 Topic Slavery Subject Civics History Social Justice Domain Justice January 5, 2018
Bookmark This PageSave text Informational Proclamation of Earl of Dunmore (1775) Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation offered freedom to any enslaved men who were enslaved by Patriots and fought for the Loyalists. by Lord John Murray, Earl of Dunmore Grade Level 9-12 Topic Slavery Subject History Social Justice Domain Justice January 5, 2018