Grade 6: Moultonborough School District

Grade 6


Slavery in America


Astronomy Topics


Branches of Government


Lewis & Clark

Slavery in America


	Slavery in America National Park Service: African Americans in Slavery This site gives you an overview of the development of slavery in America. African Slave Trade Gain a good understanding of how and why the slave trade began. African Slave Trade Learn why slavery began with detailed information about slave trade. Middle Passage This site provides good background information. Middle Passage Learn what it was like to be a slave aboard a ship. PBS: Africans in America: Americans Journey Through Slavery This site includes comprehensive information beginning with the slave trade and ending with the Civil War. Select "Brotherly Love" and click on "Resource Bank" and scroll down to "Conspiracy and Rebellion" to learn about Slave revolts. Select "Judgment Day" and click on "Narrative" and scroll down to "Abolitionism" to learn about this movement. Click on "The Resource Bank" to learn about important people involved in this movement. The History Guy: Slave Rebellions and Uprisings in the U.S. Brief information is given about the major slave rebellions. Slavery and the Making of America: Teachers, PBS Listen to slave memories and learn about life as a slave. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: Timeline of Slavery and the Underground Railroad There is lots of information on the history of the Underground Railroad and on an important abolitionist. National Geographic: The Underground Railroad Experience what it was like to be a slave who makes an attempt to escape. National Geographic: Underground Railroad (Timeline of Slavery in America) View a timeline of important dates in the history of slavery in America. Timeline of the Civil War This timeline focuses that on the important dates during the Civil War. Daily Life of a Plantation Slave Learn what it was like to be owned by someone else. Life on a Southern Plantation, 1854 Read about the cruelty slaves endured. On the left sidebar click on "A Slave's Life" to learn more. Slavery in the United States Scroll down to the table titled "Slave Life" and click on different topics. About the Emancipation Proclamation This site shows the free states and the slaves states in 1860 as well as explains the Emancipation Proclamation. African-American Abolitionists Learn about the African-American Abolitionists. Antebellum Slavery Learn about plantation life and the conditions of antebellum slavery. Harriet Beecher Stowe Use this link to learn about Harriet Beecher Stowe. National Geographic: Underground Railroad This website is helpful in understanding how quilts were used for codes in the underground railroad. Civil War Fact Sheet This site offers a list of important facts about the Civil War.