8.9 Students analyze the early and steady attempts to abolish slavery and to realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.

8.9.1 - Describe the leaders of the movement (e.g., John Quincy Adams and his proposed constitutional amendment, John Brown and the armed resistance, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Benjamin Franklin, Theodore Weld, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass).

8.9.2 - Discuss the abolition of slavery in early state constitutions.

8.9.3 - Describe the significance of the Northwest Ordinance in education and in the banning of slavery in new states north of the Ohio River.

8.9.4 - Discuss the importance of the slavery issue as raised by the annexation of Texas and California's admission to the union as a free state under the Compromise of 1850.

8.9.5 - Analyze the significance of the States' Rights Doctrine, the Missouri Compromise (1820), the Wilmot Proviso (1846), the Compromise of 1850, Henry Clay's role in the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision (1857), and the Lincoln-Douglas debates (1858).

8.9.6 - Describe the lives of free blacks and the laws that limited their freedom and economic opportunities.


Resources Available for Standard 8.9
3793Lomax III & IV: Folk Songs
967My Black Me: A Beginning Book of Black Poetry Adoff, A. editor973.92
808Portraits of American Women From Settlement to the Present Barker- Benfield, G. J. and Clinton, C.973
902Frederick Douglass and the War Against Slavery Bennett, E.973.7 Biography
781The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South Blassingame, J. W.973
4136The Slave Community Blassingame, John W.973.6
3615The Civil War Brock. Willliam R.973.7
890Freedom Crossing Clark, M. G.973.5 Fiction
888Frederick Douglass Fights for Freedom Davidson, M.973.7 Biography
903The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Douglass, F.973.7 Biography
3650Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass Douglass, Frederick973.5 Biography
4135The Life of Olaudah Equiano Edwards, Paul, ed.973.3 Biography
3656The World the Slaveholders Made Genovese, Eugene D.973.7
930Teaching About Women in the Social Studies: Concepts, Methods, and Materials Grambs, J. D. editor373.109
813Slavery and the Numbers Game: A Critique of Time on the Cross Gutman, H. G.973.6
969The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales Hamiton, V.398
844The Artist in American Society: The Formative Years 1790-1860 Harris, N.973.5
968The River that Gave Gifts: An Afro American Story Humphrey, M.398
879Across Five Aprils Hunt, I.973.7
885Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Jacobs, H.973.5 Fiction
788Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 Kemble, F. A.973.5 Biography
716North of Slavery: The Negro in the Free States 1790-1860 Litwack, L.F.973.4
918Escape From Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in his Own Words McCurdy, M. editor973.7 Biography
3621Slavery Defended: the views of the old South McKitrick, Eric L.973.7
933I Speak for the Women: A Story about Lucy Stone McPherson, S. S.973.5 Biography
948Black History Activity and Enrichment Handbook N/A973
910Land of Hope Nixon, J. L.973.91 Fiction
3646With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln Oates, Stephen B.973.7 Biography
929Living Dangerously: American Women Who Risked Their Lives for Adventures Rappaport, D.973.9
898All For the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes Rhodes, R.H.973.7 Biography
3645Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment Rose, Willie Lee973.7
3654The Abolitionists: A collection of their writings Ruchames, Louis973.6
887The Adventures of High John the Conqueror Sanfield, S.973.6 Fiction
711Catharine Beecher: A Study in American Domesticity Sklar, K. K.973.6 Biography
886Runaway to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad Smucker, B.973.6 Fiction
749Uncle Tomıs Cabin Stowe, H.B.973.5 Fiction
970Children of Promise: African-American Literature and Art for Young People Sullivan, C. editor973
831Iron Cages: Race and Culture in 19th-Century America Takaki, R.973
798American Reformers 1815-1860 Walters, R. G.973.5
3633The Antislavery Appeal: American Abolitionism After 1830 Walters, Ronald G.973.6
906From Slave to Abolitonist: The Life of William Wells Brown Warner, L. S.973.7 Biography
891Frederick Douglass, Voice of Freedom Weiner, E.973.5 Biography
974Follow the Drinking Gourd Winter, J.973.6
905Red Cap Wisler, G. C.973.7 Fiction
4040Gil Gorospe ggorospe@telis.orgEich Intermediate School, Roseville
4071Tim Peppel tpepnotes@yahoo.comWinston Churchill Middle School
3601The Freedmen's Bureau: Catalyst for Freedom? Koman, Rita973.8
46This Will Never be Submitted to ... Without a Civil War: Congress Debates Slavery Laichas and Ingersoll973.4
30Slavery in the 19th Century Pearson and Robertson973.5
3953Slavery in the 19th Century Pearson and Robertson973.5
4064Karen Halttunen, PhD. klhalttunen@ucdavis.edu
4024Civil War Era Slides Deyle, Steve
4041Black Americans 973


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