PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Harriet Tubman: Abolition Activist
In this lesson plan, by examining two primary sources and watching a short video, students will become familiar with the remarkable bravery and extraordinary accomplishments of the "Moses of her people," Harriet Tubman.
Library of Congress
Loc: Slaves and the Courts, 1740 1860
This collection of historical primary documents tells the story of the trials, cases, and correspondence of slaves and the courts of the United States and Great Britain.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: African American Odyssey
Presents the collections of the Library of Congress that showcase the experiences of African-Americans.
PBS
Pbs: Angelina and Sarah Grimke
A biography of the Grimke sisters, women who were before their time in so many ways and who fought for equality of the sexes.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
This collection uses primary sources to compare and explore the relationships between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
Emory University
Lewis H. Beck Center: Child, Lydia: The Stars and Stripes: A Melodrama
Read Lydia Maria Child's "The Stars and Stripes: A Melodrama." This play, originally published in the National Antislavery Standard (1853), served as propaganda for the abolitionist movement.
Emory University
Lewis H. Beck Center: Lydia Maria Child: Anecdote of Elias Hicks
Here, read the full text of Lydia Child's "Anecdote of Elias Hicks," which tells the story of an abolitionist Quaker. It was originally published in 1839.
PBS
Africans in America: Founding of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society
A detailed account of the founding of the first Quaker abolitionist society in 1775 in Philadelphia by Anthony Benezet. The society became known as "PAS" or "Pennsylvania Abolition Society".
Emory University
Lewis H. Beck Center: Child, Lydia Maria: Charity Bowery
Download and read Lydia Maria Child's "Charity Bowery," originally written in 1839, which tells the story of a freed slave's choices as she is allowed to take only one of her children out of slavery.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Literature: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
This is the text and audio of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, an anti-slavery novel published in 1852, that was said to "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War." It was the best-selling novel of the 19th...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Sojourner Truth
Learn about Sojouner Truth's eventful life from runaway slave to advocate for freedom and fairness. The first African American woman to speak out against slavery in public. (In Spanish)
Scholastic
Scholastic: Lucretia Mott: Woman of Courage
Read about the issues that motivated Lucretia Mott to become an abolitionist and fighter for women's rights.
Other
Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography: Maria Weston Chapman
Here is good biography about the life of Maria Chapman and her sisters. Read detailed information concerning their involvement in the abolitionist movement.
Emory University
Lewis H. Beck Center: Chapman, Maria Weston: Haiti
Read the full text of Maria Weston Chapman's "Haiti," which was originally published in 1842. A radical abolitionist, she opposed slavery wherever it occurred.
University of North Carolina
The Church in the Southern Black Community: George Bourne, 1780 1845
This site from the University of North Carolina contains the text of George Bourne's 19th-century argument against slavery using the Bible as an instrument to prove that slavery is morally wrong.
Other
Beneath the Underground: Flight to Freedom
A site that tells the story of the Underground Railroad in Maryland. Includes interactive maps.
PBS
Africans in America: Slave Narratives and Uncle Tom's Cabin
Slave narratives were an effective tool to spread information about what slavery was really like. Perhaps the most widely read literature about slavery happened to be written by a white woman, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Read about the impact...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Sojourner Truth
Easy to read biography of anti-slavery activist, abolitionist and feminist, Sojourner Truth. Article covers her early life as a slave, her Civil War years, and her famous speeches.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Dr. Stephen Oates on John Brown
This site presents audio and video clips of an interview with Dr. Stephen B. Oates conducted at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park on June 30, 1994. Dr. Oates comments on John Brown's impact upon the nation with regard to the slavery...
Other
American National Biography: Lucretia Coffin Mott
This site provides a detailed biography of Lucretia Coffin Mott, abolitionist and feminist during the mid-1800s.
Other
Vox: 37 Maps That Explain the American Civil War
April 1865 was a momentous month in American history. On April 9, the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union forces of Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War. Then on April 14, the victorious President...
Curated OER
Conflict Between Trees of Slavery and Liberty, a Map
This site provides several maps which depict the slave states and the free states. There are links that will connect you with an abolitionist song and information on John Brown.
Other
Black History Biographies: James Forten
A brief yet informative biography of James Forten, an ultimately successful African-American businessman living in Philadelphia, who used his wealth to support abolitionist causes and equality.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Frederick Douglass
The story of Frederick Douglass, once a slave, who became a prominent figure and spokesperson in the fight against slavery in the 1800s.