Students listen to data on African American women in Texas before the Civil War. For this Civil War lesson, students compare and contrast the lives of slave and free women, and discuss case studies, locating areas on a map. Students...

In this lesson plan, students will consider "African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider "David Walker vs. John Day: Two Nineteenth-Century Free Black Men." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

Read about the ways some slaves gained their freedom and where they often lived once free.