History Resources

Nat Turner’s Rebellion, 1831

Spotlight on: Primary Source

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Roundtable discussion on American Antislavery Writings

Video

Government and Civics, Literature, Religion and Philosophy

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Race and the American Constitution: A Struggle toward National Ideals

Essay

James Oliver Horton

Government and Civics

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When the Past Speaks to the Present: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings

Essay

Annette Gordon-Reed

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

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Natural Rights, Citizenship Rights, State Rights, and Black Rights: Another Look at Lincoln and Race

Essay

James Oakes

Government and Civics

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A proposed Thirteenth Amendment to prevent secession, 1861

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Government and Civics

Two Revolutions in the Atlantic World: Connections between the American Revolution and the Haitian Revolution

Essay

Laurent Dubois

Economics, Government and Civics, World History

A Poem Links Unlikely Allies in 1775: Phillis Wheatley and George Washington

Essay

James G. Basker

Government and Civics, Literature

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The Haitian Revolution: A New Vision of Freedom in the Atlantic World

Video

World History

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The African Slave Trade, 1500–1800

Video

World History