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Slavery and the Abolition Movement

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Compelling Question:

What was the root cause of  the expansion American slavery in the United States in the 19th century... racism or economic opportunism?


Instructional Questions:
What economic conditions strengthed the institution of slavery in the early 19th Century?


What racial arguments were used by slave holders to justify the institution of slavery?

How did slaves respond to their status as  property?


How did abolitionists actively seek to destroy the institution of slavery?

ONLINE RESOURCES:

The Slave Experience:  (PBS Website)
Conditions of Antebellum Slavery (from PBS):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2956.html
Legal Rights and Government-
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/legal/index.html
Living Conditions-
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/living/index.html
Religion-
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/religion/index.html
Responses  to Slavery-
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/responses/index.html

Resistance & Slave  Rebellions
Black Resistance:  http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/abolitionism/resistance.htm

The African Americans: Did African American Slaves Rebel? (Section on Gabriel Prosser and Nat Turner)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/did-african-american-slaves-rebel/

    Gabriel's  Rebellion:
​Article from PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p1576.html
Video excerpt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpvZXqTHX9w

      Nat Turner Rebellion:
Article from PBS:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p1518.html
National Geographic Reading (on Nat Turner's controversial legacy)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2017/01-02/nat-turner-slave-rebellion-southampton-virginia/
PBS Africans in American Journey Through Slavery: Nat Turner's Rebellion (start at 1:14:30-1:22) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbyDcrGdtq8&index=3&list=PLmUk_2Hahl-co59K_YzgblvfPwMxOS0U9 
History Channel Video Nat Turner (3 minutes):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBH3Xzz3Y3E 
National Geographic short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrRBGGVTM38
​Animated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA1lGhtkoFc


Underground Railroad:
PBS Underground  Railroad: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2944.html
William Still:  http://www.pbs.org/wned/underground-railroad/

Abolitionists:
"I Will Be Heard"- Abolitionism in America (from Cornell University):  
           http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/abolitionism/index.htm 
Origins of Abolitionism: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/abolitionism/origins.htm
Abolitionist Strategies: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/abolitionism/strategies.htm
Article summarizing the lives and contribtions of 5 abolitionists:   
           http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/abolitionists-biographies/


ABOLITIONISTS:
William Lloyd Garrison: 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1561.html
http://www.biography.com/people/william-lloyd-garrison-9307251
Mini Bio Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glOAGZqIKbQ
Video Intro #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8GT2yNPJQ8​
Video Intro #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PbxSl-U89w

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Frederick Douglass:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html 
​http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-douglass-9278324
Mini-Bio Video#1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su-4JBEIhXY
Mini-Bio Video#2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hi4jIZg0cI

Angelina Grimke: 
PBS Documentary film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzjWT1jyi1c
​https://www.thoughtco.com/angelina-grimka-biography-3530210
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/angelina-grimke-weld
Video intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J364q_okClM

Harriett Beecher Stowe:  
http://www.biography.com/people/harriet-beecher-stowe-9496479
http://www.history.com/topics/harriet-beecher-stowe
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Video Intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFy4RjYGbQ

John Brown:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html
http://www.biography.com/people/john-brown-9228496​
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB_kbFAui-U

William Still: http://www.pbs.org/wned/underground-railroad/
Henry Highland Garnet: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1537.html
David Walker:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2930.html
Sojourner Truth: http://www.biography.com/people/sojourner-truth-9511284
Hariett Tubman: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html

Online Videos:

The Abolitionist Moment-  video from the history Channel:
      http://www.history.com/videos/abolition-and-the-underground-railroad

The Abolitionists:  PBS- American Experience Documentary:
       http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/abolitionists/player/
The Underground Railroad:  The William Still Story
    http://www.pbs.org/wned/underground-railroad/
Frederick Douglas- Full Length Documentary:
      http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-douglass-9278324/videos
Frederick Douglass- a short video from the History Channel
    
  http://www.history.com/videos/the-underground-railroad-frederick-douglass
A short biography of Frederick Douglas:
       http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-douglass-9278324/videos/frederick-douglass-mini-bio-2078942083
The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro - Morgan Freeman performs the words of Fredrick Douglass addressing a white audience about the Fourth of July (1852).
        http://www.history.com/shows/the-people-speak/videos/the-meaning-of-july-4th-for-the-negro#the-meaning-of-july-4th-for-the-negro

Modern Day Slavery

Stats:  http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/category/the-facts/the-number/

Slavery's Footprint: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2011/09/22/cfp-slavery-footprint-app-dillon.cnn

The Human Cost of Chocolate: http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/16/chocolate-explainer/

Admitting Child Slavery exists in Ivory Coast: http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/16/chocolate-explainer/

Child Slavery in Ivory Coast: http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/19/child-slavery-and-chocolate-all-too-easy-to-find/

How to Help:  http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/17/how-to-help-slavery-in-the-supply-chain-2/

Modern Day Abolitionist- Part I James Kofi Anan:  http://vimeo.com/38874803
                                          - Part II James Kofi Anan: http://vimeo.com/16664222