Special Section: Slavery in America for Kids and Teachers - Learning Modules, Games, Activities, Lesson Plans, Powerpoints (original) (raw)
From the Transatlantic Slave Trade
through the 1960s Civil Rights Movement
The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights on Slavery
Abolitionist Movement in America
The Liberator - "AND I WILL BE HEARD"
The Underground Railroadand Harriet Tubman
_Uncle Tom's Cabin_by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Dred Scott Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
Events Leading Up to the Civil War, Slavery - Cause and Catalyst
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 - freed all slaves in areas NOT under Union control
- 1865: 13th Amendment - ending slavery forever, end of the Civil War
- 1868: 14th Amendment - federal control of basic civil rights, citizenship, repeal of Black Codes
- 1870: 15th Amendment - right to vote for all citizens shall not be denied by color, race, or previous condition of servitude (men only, no women of any color were allowed to vote until the 19th Amendment in 1919.)
Slavery in America - activities and educational games
See Also: Civil Rights Movement in America
For Teachers
Kansas Nebraska Act territories and slavery