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Eras of Elegance: The Victorian Era (1837 1901)
Gives an overview of the Victorian era, and information on what distinguishes it from other periods in history. Covers religion and spirituality, advances in science and technology, the arts, fashion, food, sports, and leisure pastimes....
BBC
Bbc: Historic Figures: Olaudah Equiano
A brief biography of Olaudah Equiano, an African who is famous for writing a narrative of his life as a slave, sailor, writer, Englishman, Christian, and abolitionist. Archived.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Sojourner Truth
Kids learn about the biography of Sojourner Truth, a slave who escaped, fought for her son in the courts, and then became an abolitionist working for the freedom of all slaves on this site.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: William Lloyd Garrison
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features William Lloyd Garrison, an American journalistic crusader who published a newspaper, The Liberator (1831-65), and helped lead the successful abolitionist campaign...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Samuel Ringgold Ward
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Samuel Ringgold Ward, a black American abolitionist known for his oratorical power.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: David Walker
Brief life history of David Walker, an African-American abolitionist who was involved in the anti-slavery movement in the early 1820s.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Emancipation: Abolition
Speeches, songs, letters, and pamphlets from the early- and mid-nineteenth century promoting the abolition of slavery and emancipation of enslaved peoples are provided within this resource.
Cengage Learning
Heath Online Instructor's Guide: Angelina Grimke Weld and Sarah Moore Grimke
Instruction guide in teaching the writings of Angelina and Sarah Grimke. Included are discussion questions.
Digital History
Digital History: Civil War in Kansas [Pdf]
The Compromise of 1850 did not solve all the slavery issues in the territories, which was not surprising. Read about the Kansas-Nebraska Act, put forth by Sen. Stephan Douglas, who proposed that the issue be decided by popular...
Digital History
Digital History: John Brown at Harper's Ferry [Pdf]
Find out about the influences in John Brown's life that led him to think inciting a slave insurrection would be the way to get rid of slavery. Read about his actions in Kansas, and the raid he planned at Harper's Ferry. [pdf]
Digital History
Digital History: The Slave Power Conspiracy
Read about a book published in 1864 that contended that there was a conspiracy to spread slavery into the western territories. See that the accusations included in the book could not be authenicated, but the ideas presented showed the...
Digital History
Digital History: The Fugitive Slave Law
See why the Fugitive Slave Act was such a contentious, divisive law that exacerbated tensions between North and South.
Digital History
Digital History: Harper's Ferry
Read about the infamous raid on Harper's Ferry by John Brown and his band in 1859. His first plan had a chance of success thought Frederick Douglass, but the plan that was carried out was doomed from the start. See what John Brown was...
Digital History
Digital History: What Was Life Like Under Slavery?
A sobering look at the life of the plantation slave in the decades before the Civil War. Read about the malnutrition, severe treatment, and inadequate living conditions.
White Pine Pictures
White Pine Pictures: Breaking the Ice: The Mary Ann Shadd Story
Mary Ann Shadd was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1823. She emigrated to Windsor, Upper Canada and was a leader in advocating for integrated schools at a time when most Canadians believed segregated schools should predominate. This web...
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Quakers
Read about the history of the Quakers, also called the Religious Society of Friends, who are the oldest organized Christian church in North Carolina.
Other
Personal Site: Thomas Clarkson
A nicely done biography of the famous British anti-slavery campaigner in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Other
Beneath the Underground: Flight to Freedom
A site that tells the story of the Underground Railroad in Maryland. Includes interactive maps.
Tom Richey
Tom richey.net: The Crisis of the Union (1850 1860) [Ppt]
Presents key ideas for examining the events and issues that led to the American Civil War.
Other
Republican Party: Our History
Read the first few paragraphs of this article to find out about the formation of the Republican Party in 1854 and how it affected the political scene in the last part of the 1850s.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Sacred Beliefs
At the beginning of the Civil War people in both the North and the South held firm beliefs about the reasons for the war. Some wanted to preserve the Union, others to end slavery. In the South the question was about states' rights and...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Canefight! Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner
Violence associated with strong feelings about slavery entered the halls of the Senate. Read what happened to Senator Charles Sumner after a two-day tirade he gave in the Senate after the sack of Lawrence, Kansas.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
John Brown, seeking revenge for the sack of Lawrence, Kansas, made Kansas even more bloody. Read about the Pottawatomie Massacre and its reverberations throughout Kansas.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Sack of Lawrence
Read about how the destruction of Lawrence, Kansas, seat of the Free-Soiler government by border ruffians inflamed attitudes in the North toward the actions of the slave-holders.
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