August First Day became a symbol of hope for enslaved people and abolitionists in the United States when Britain passed the Slavery Abolition Act in 1834, abolishing slavery throughout its colonies around the world.
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Teaching Activity. By Bob Peterson. Rethinking Schools. 14 pages.
A role play on the Constitutional Convention which brings to life the social forces active during and immediately following the American Revolution with focus on two key topics: suffrage and slavery. An elementary school adaptation of the Constitution Role Play by Bill Bigelow. Roles available in Spanish.
Teaching Activity by Bob Peterson
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Teaching Activity. By Bill Bigelow. 24 pages.
The U.S. Constitution endorsed slavery and favored the interests of the owning classes. What kind of Constitution would have resulted from founders who were representative of the entire country? That is the question addressed in this role play activity.
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Teaching Guide. By James W. Loewen. 2010. 264 pages.
A wealth of ideas on how to rethink the teaching of U.S. history.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Clifford D. Conner. 2005. 554 pages.
New look at history of science, highlights hunter-gatherers, farmers, sailors, miners, blacksmiths, and more.
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Book — Non-fiction. Edited by James W. Loewen and Edward H. Sebesta. 2010. 484 pages.
Primary documents on the causes of the Civil War.
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Charles Sumner delivered a speech denouncing slavery and the need for Kansas to become a free state.
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Minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy was murdered by a pro-slavery mob.
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Picture book. By Tim Tingle. 2008. 40 pages.
A picture book that highlights rarely discussed intersections between Native Americans in the South and African Americans in bondage.
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During the Zong Massacre, a ship captain ordered that 54 enslaved Africans be thrown overboard and killed.
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Eighteen-year-old John Price was arrested by a federal marshal in Oberlin, Ohio under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
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The U.S. Constitution was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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William Whipper published “An Address on Non-Resistance to Offensive Aggression.”
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Abolitionists freed a man captured under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in Syracuse, New York.
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The White House cornerstone was laid. Among those who constructed the building were African Americans, both free and enslaved.
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Madison Washington and eighteen other enslaved people rebelled onboard the Creole, a ship involved in the U.S. slave trade.
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Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for leading the infamous Harpers Ferry Raid.
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a Black abolitionist and writer, wrote to John Brown as he awaited his execution.
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The Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association was founded with a dual mission to organize mutual aid for its members and to pass federal pension legislation that would compensate every formerly enslaved person.
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Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany launched the abolitionist North Star newspaper.
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The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially ended the institution of slavery.
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Nathaniel Turner launched one of the most historic revolts to end enslavement.
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Teaching Guide. Edited by Adam Sanchez. 2019. Rethinking Schools. 181 pages.
Students will discover the real abolition story, one about some of the most significant grassroots social movements in U.S. history.
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White mobs in Cincinnati, Ohio, rioted for a week, assaulting the city’s Black residents and destroying their property .
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