Primary+Resources

Primary Resources Historical inquiry rests on primary sources. As educators, collecting and organizing these relative and useful documents are one task - distributing them, still another. Below are those pertaining to our Turning Point that can be used to build units, lessons, and instructional modules.

[|www.loc.gov/ammem] -- It's important to annotate all links: why did you choose it?


 * Please organize, as best as you are able, your bookmarks according to the topics below. **

Slavery
toc [|Library of Congress link to Doulass' autobiographies]

[|Biography of Douglass from University of Rochester]

[|Pictures of Slavery]

[|WPA material on witnesses to slavery including recordings]

John Brown’s Raid
Collection of editorials written by leading national news publications surrounding the raid at Harper's Ferry. Created and maintained by Furman University.
 * [|Secession Era Editorials Project]