slaves

A biography of the courageous woman who rose from slave beginnings to become a heroic figure in the Underground Railroad.

Presents Harriet Beecher Stowe's controversial 1852 novel depicting harsh conditions on three slave plantations in the American South; and includes an introduction, discussion questions, and activity suggestions for readers.

Provides a history of African-American culture from the early transatlantic slave trade to the mid-nineteenth century through four slave narratives.

A portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797.

Presents a short study of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and describes the events that led up to it, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, the Civil War, and more.

Explores the history of the colony, later the independent nation of Liberia, which was established on the west coast of Africa in 1822 as a haven for free African Americans.

Using a variety of primary sources, this biography of Harriet Tubman describes the life of a former slave who was responsible for helping many other slaves to freedom.

A debate concerning the several reasons that prompted President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves.

A biography of the former slave who became a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad and lead over 300 slaves to freedom.

Explores the lives of Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth--two women who lived very similar lives--and imagines what was said between them during their one and only meeting.