Spotlight on: Primary Source An African American protests the Fugitive Slave Law, 1850 Economics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ This 1850 letter written by Henry Weeden is a statement against slavery by a free African American. Weeden was one of Boston’s leading abolitionists. In the 1840s, he had been an activist for the integration of Boston’s schools. [1]...
Lesson Plan War, Immigration Policies, and Dissent: Landmark Moments in Latina/o History 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this three-lesson unit.
News In Their Own Words: Brooklyn East Collegiate Students Explore the Civil Rights Era at the Collection On January 18, 2019, eight students from Brooklyn East Collegiate, a Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School, visited the Gilder Lehrman Collection with their teacher to augment their civil rights knowledge and prepare for their spring break...