Activities |
Title |
Time Frame |
Activity 1 |
Dirty Family Secrets:
How northern families got rich on the slave trade and textile industry. |
1-2 class periods |
Activity 2 |
Brother Against Brother:
The arguments for and against slavery. |
1-3 class periods |
Activity 3 |
How would you vote?
The law and slavery. The legal arguments, the rise of sectionalism, slavery as a states rights issue and enforcement or lack of it, timelines of laws and uprisings. |
2-4 class periods |
Case Studies for Further Discussion and Exploration |
Case Study 1 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Daughter of a northern Protestant preacher who wrote the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” in 1852 which focused public interest on slavery and caused great controversy. |
1 class period |
Case Study 2 |
Olaudah Equiano
Equiano was kidnapped as a child in his native country of Nigeria and sold into slavery in North America. |
1 class period |
Case Study 3 |
Harriet Tubman
Tubman was born a slave in Maryland, but escaped and became an abolitionist and very involved in the underground railroad. |
1 class period |
Extension Activities |
Extension 1 |
The Wanderer
A famous yacht from New York that is considered to be the last ship to deliver slaves to the U.S. |
1 class period |
Extension 2 |
Cadbury: Chocolate on Trial
Cadbury Bros. Ltd. was a chocolate manufacturer in Birmingham, England that was known for its modern facilities and social responsibility, yet its cocoa beans were produced by slave labor. |
1 class period |
Extension 3 |
The Legacy of Slave States in 2004
Consider the overlap between slave and red states in these maps |
1 class period |
