ACTIVITIES
Visit New Bedford, Massachusetts, which was an integral part of the Underground Railroad.
TEACHING RESOURCE
Learn about the horrendous conditions aboard the slave ships that carried Africans to America.
This printable map will help students locate Underground Railroad sites in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
BOOK GUIDES
This discussion guide to The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party by…
WORKSHEETS
This reading guide for Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson includes a pre-reading activity about the French and Indian War,…
Introduce students to the slave narrative genre, then begin an in-depth study with Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of…
A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave is easy to read; it makes the perfect selection for…
Enhance students' understanding of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with the reading activities and questions in this…
REFERENCE
Read about Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American reformer and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
The site of a booming whaling industry in the 1800s and a place where many slaves first set foot on free soil.
Nathan and Polly Johnson helped many slaves find their way to freedom in the 1800s -- including Frederick Douglass.
The Friends Meetinghouse in New Bedford, Massachusetts was the site of abolitionist activity in the 1800s. View pictures…
An article about Harriet Tubman.
A brief article about abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
Harriet Tubman's heroic rescue effort brought slaves to freedom.
Read the story of the Amistad Rebellion onboard a slave ship.
Slaves were not protected by the original version of the U.S. Constitution.
Slavery was an American Holocaust.