Unit 4: Facing a Crisis | American Republic
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Chapter 14: Storm Clouds over the Nation
- Secession Era Editorial Project—“Few Americans were more involved with the coming of the Civil War than the newspaper editors whose words have been collected here.”
- Negro spirituals (Audio Files)—“ These songs could be heard out in the cottonfields of the Old South, being sung by the plantation slaves, or in the evenings coming from their shanty homes.”
- The Underground Railroad: History of Slavery—National Geographic interactive site devoted to the Underground Railroad
- Autobiography of Frederick Douglass—Full text of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
- Three Speeches of Frederick—The Church and Prejudice on November 4, 1841; What to the Slave is the 4th of July? on July 4, 1852; Lecture on Haiti on January 2, 1893
- Frederick Douglass Papers—Scanned papers of Douglass’ works and works regarding Douglass
- Harriet Tubman Biography—Site devoted to biography, stories, and photos of Harriet Tubman (see also the tabs on the left of the web site.)
- Jefferson Davis: President of the Confederate States of America—biography, photos, and other information concerning Jefferson Davis with numerous links to other related sites
- Abraham Lincoln Papers—Papers of Abraham Lincoln at the Library of Congress web site
- Lincoln/Net—Extensive Lincoln site with numerous collections of papers by Lincoln and his associates and links to related sites
Chapter 15: The States at War
- The Valley of the Shadow—“Two communities in the American Civil War” by historian Edward Ayers; numerous resources
- Civil War Resources (About.com | University of Tennessee) —Numerous links on the Civil War
- U.S. Christian Commission Museum—“Brings to life the greatest untold stories of the American civil war.”
Chapter 16: Reconstruction
- Civil War Resources—Reconstruction-era documents of Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, WEB DuBois, etc.
- The Meaning of Emancipation in the Reconstruction Era—Overview; core exercise; supplemental sources; alternative assignments; instructor’s annotations
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