University of North Carolina
Documenting the American South: John Andrew Jackson
Read this exciting recollection of John Andrew Jackson in his book, "The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina, "published in 1862. Find out about his experiences as a slave and his escape. Included are illustrations, biographical...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Rise of Realism
This resource provides a wealth of information about the period of American literature from 1860-1914. There are eight good articles discussing the movements of realism, regionalism, and naturalism, the rise of black American literature,...
PBS
Pbs American Masters: Scientific American: Following Muddy's Trail
This site has a lesson plan on Muddy Waters focused on the American Masters documentary about him. Parallels the Great Migration with the growth of the blues music movement in America. Click on Muddy's name to access a detailed biography...
Curated OER
National Park Service: The Struggle for Education Equality for African American
"Canterbury, Connecticut, and Little Rock, Arkansas, are links in a chain of events representing the long struggle for equal educational opportunities for African Americans. This lesson plan highlights two important historic places and...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Traditional Arts and Crafts of African Americans Across Five Centuries
Detailed essay provides an overview of Africa's contributions to American culture while discussing how basket makers, potters, and quilters helped preserve American history through their works.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs: American Slave Narrators
Lucinda MacKethan, English professor at North Carolina State University, offers a comparison of two classic slave narratives: Frederick Douglass's 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: an American Slave and Harriet Jacobs's...
Other
Singapore American School: Slave Narratives
This site from the Singapore American School, Mr. Burnett's Classroom, provides links to a variety of different slave narratives. Included in the mix are: Harriet Jacobs, Allen Parker, American slaves, Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglas,...
University of North Carolina
Documenting the American South: Rev. L. R. Ferebee. Written From Memory
From this extensive site, "Documenting the American South" presented by the University of North Carolina you will find the memoir of Reverend L. R. Ferebee, who wrote about his life as a slave. A great primary source.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages a Literary Survey
A series of 16 Instructional Units on American Literature with texts, videos, instructor guides, and more. Topics include: Native Voices, Exploring Borderlands, Utopian Promise, Spirit of Nationalism, Masculine Heroes, Gothic...
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University of Massachusetts
Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti Slavery Society [Pdf]
This primary source document, digitized in its original form, will give students and teachers an opportunity to view the official stance of the American Anti-Slavery Society of 1833.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Race and Identity in Antebellum America
This unit features authors of Antebellum America and how they portray the American identity through their literature. Click on the tabs to explore the various resources available to enhance this unit.
University of Michigan
American Verse Project: Anti Slavery Poems
This site from American Verse Project provides the online text for "Anti-Slavery Poems: Songs of Labor and Reform" by John Greenleaf Whittier. Poems can be viewed in plain text or as page-by-page images of the original work.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
History: Slavery: Prince Estabrook
Read about the life of Revolutionary War soldier Prince Estabrook and his time as a slave in the northern colonies.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: Free Born
A journal, an autobiography, and selections from narratives about the conditions experienced by free-born African Americans in the nineteenth century. They ask such questions as: How did African Americans construct identity in antebellum...
Library of Congress
Loc: African American Mosaic: Influence of Prominent Abolitionists
See documents and pictures of those actively involved in the anti-slavery movement. From the Library of Congress.
Yale University
Yale University: Citizens All: African Americans in Connecticut 1750 1850
This learning module provides an in-depth examination of the African-American struggle for freedom in 17th- and 18th-century Connecticut. It focuses on five localities and themes accompanied by personal stories as it explores the journey...
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