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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History by Era: Slavery and Anti Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An excellent essay explaining the roots of the anit-slavery movement in the United States in the early 1830s and its evolution over the next twenty-five years. Read about the abolitionists, both white...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Images of the New World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider "Images of the New World." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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PBS

Africans in America: American Colonization Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the views of the American Colonization Society (ACS) and about their efforts to send free blacks to Liberia. This website briefly overviews how the ACS started and how their efforts lead to the emigration of thousands.
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Other

Wither Liberia? Civil War Emancipation and Freedmen Resettlement in West Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative article on efforts during Abraham Lincoln's administration to resettle freedmen to West Africa. (Published: 11/11/2012)