History Resources

Inside the Vault: The Lives and Works of Phillis Wheatley and Elizabeth Keckley

Video

Literature

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Abraham Lincoln and Jacksonian Democracy

Essay

Sean Wilentz

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877

Essay

Eric Foner

Government and Civics, World History

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Douglass the Autobiographer

Essay

Robert S. Levine

Literature

"To give all a chance": Lincoln, Abolition, and Economic Freedom

Essay

Lewis E. Lehrman

Government and Civics

Buying Frederick Douglass’s freedom, 1846

Spotlight on: Primary Source

Economics

Examining Antebellum Elections

Lesson Plan

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12

Douglass and the US Constitution: The Dred Scott Decision

Essay

Randall Kennedy

Government and Civics

The First Age of Reform

Essay

Ronald G. Walters

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

"The Seed Time of a Great Harvest": Douglass Recalls Fellow Abolitionists

Essay

Quandra Prettyman