History Resources

“Rachel Weeping for Her Children”: Black Women and the Abolition of Slavery

Essay

Margaret Washington

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

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

Guided Readings: Using Primary and Secondary Sources: Slavery in the Founding Era

Guided Readings

3, 4, 5

In the Image of God: Religion, Moral Values, and Our Heritage of Slavery

Video

World History

Noah Feldman - "The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America"

Video

Government and Civics

Bruce A. Ragsdale - "Washington and the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery"

Video

Government and Civics

May 17, 2023: The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America

Frederick Douglass from Slavery to Freedom: The Journey to New York City

Online Exhibition

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

R. Isabela Morales - "Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom"

Video

Economics, Geography

Clint Smith - "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery across America"

Video

Jim Downs - "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine"

Video