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Annotated by:
Beth Ormsby
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The Underground Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
Interactive web activity simulating a fugitive slave's escape to freedom. |
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The Civil War
http://www.civil-war.net/
Information on battles, people, and weapons. Provides a great timeline and documents. |
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Civil War Letters
http://www.civilwarletters.com/index.html
A great collection of Civil War era primary sources. |
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19th Century African American Life and Culture
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/
Images from the collection of the New York Public Library. |
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Civil War Women
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html
Civil War era primary sources authored by women. |
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Freedom Trail
http://www.historynow.org/09_2005/interactive.html
Pick your destiny in this interactive flight to freedom. |
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Events Leading to the Civil War
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/online/index.html
Online exhibits on subjects such as the Dred Scott trial, abolition, and Lincoln in the media. |
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Harper's Weekly
http://www.harpweek.com/
Political cartoons and commentary from the Civil War era. |
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Slave Migrations
http://www.inmotionaame.org/migrations/
A wonderful resource on the Transatlantic slave trade, domestic slave trade, and runaway journeys. |
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The Civil War
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/
Information on the war from the Ken Burns documentary series. |
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Outline Map
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/historical.html
Outline map of the United States in 1860. |
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Africans in America: 1831 - 1865
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/narrative.html
Follow the narrative pages to learn about slave life in the years prior to the war and the events that led to the war. |
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19th Century America Weblinks
http://www.teacheroz.com/19thcent.htm
Links to almost every possible topic in 19th century American history. |
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