Books
William H. Freehling, The Road to Disunion.
A thorough exploration of the causes of the Civil War.
Films
Santa Fe Trail
A fanciful recreation of the fight for Kansas during the
1850s with Ronald Reagan, Errol Flynn, and Olivia De Haviland.
Web Sites
Recommended Web Site:
John Brown's Holy War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/
The companion site to PBS’s American Experience
broadcast contains a timeline, maps, glossary, and historical
overviews on a variety of topics related to John Brown’s
raid on Harpers Ferry.
Related Web Sites:
Bleeding Kansas
http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/cgiwrap/imlskto/index.php
Books, diaries, autobiographies, and letters documenting
the struggle over slavery in territorial Kansas.
19th Century Documents
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/19th.htm
The full text of the Fugitive Slave Act, the Kansas-Nebraska
Act, and other important antebellum political documents.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin and American Culture
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/
Texts, images, songs, 3-D objects, and film clips relating
to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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