Resources/Links for AA HST

Below is a list of links and resources that you might find useful during the course of the year. They are sorted by category.

CHECK OUT THESE ADDED RESOURCES, THEY ARE FOR YOUR BENEFIT!

Unit 6 — Civil War

The Book:

• Chapter 11 Section 1: The Civil War Begins — Initial Black Reaction and Lincoln's Initial Goals, Union reaction to black volunteers
• Chapter 11 Section 3: Liberation — Emancipation Proclamation
• Chapter 11 Section 4: Black Men Fight for the Union — Black Soliders, Massachusetts 54th etc.

TEST STUDY GUIDE!

Study Guide for Civil War Test — Test Monday March 8th!

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Unit 5 — Slave Uprisings, Revolts and Abolition

The Book:

• Chapter 10 Section 4: Abraham Lincoln and Black People — John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry is here.
• Chapter 10 Section 3: The Deepening Crisis over Slavery — Bleeding Kansas, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott, etc.

• Chapter 8 Section 1: A Country in Turmoil — 2nd Great Awakening, etc.
• Chapter 8 Section 2: Abolition Begins in America — How it started, Prosser, Vessey
• Chapter 8 Section 3: Colonization — Formation of Liberia in West Africa
• Chapter 8 Section 4: Black Abolitionists — William Lloyd Garrison, David Walker, Nat Turner

• Chapter 5 Section 4: Black Leaders and Choices — Slave Uprisings!

Useful Links:

• More on the Haitian Revolution — Better Information than Textbook
• The story behind the Toussaint/Ape Picture — Interesting! (Racist French Perspective)
• Tobias Lear sent to Haiti — How Jefferson disresected Toussaint.
• Gabriel Conspiracy — Better Information than Textbook
• Florida's Negro Fort — Blacks take over old Spanish fort! Cool Story!

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Unit 4 — African Americans in the Revolutionary Era

The Book:

• Chapter 4 Section 2: Declaration of Independence and African Americans
• Chapter 4 Section 3: Black Enlightenment
• Chapter 4 Section 4: African Americans in the War for Independence

• Chapter 5 Section 1: Forces for Freedom — The North post Rev. War
• Chapter 5 Section 2: Forces for Slavery — The South post Rev. War

Useful Links:

• The Original Draft of the Declaration of Independence
• Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
• Evacuated Black Loyalist — (Original Document VERY COOL!)
• Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia — (asserts blacks as inferior to whites)
• Benjamin Banneker's Almanac — (sent to Thomas Jefferson to assert that he was wrong about blacks)
• Benjamin Banneker vs. Thomas Jefferson — (BB's letter to TJ)
• Thomas Jefferson vs. Benjamin Banneker — (reply to BB's letter)
• Kidnapping in Pennsylvania
• Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
• Request for Cotton Gin Patent — (Eli Whitney's letter to Thomas Jefferson)
• Charles Ball: Fifty Years in Chains...
• The Weeping Time — (A full explanation with primary source excerpt!)

TEST STUDY GUIDE!

• Study Guide for Unit 4 Test

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Unit 3 — Regional Slave Systems

The Book:

• Chapter 3 Section 5: Slavery in Colonial America

Useful Links:

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Unit 2 — The Beginnings of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

The Book:

• Chapter 2 Section 1: European Exploration and Colonization
• Chapter 2 Section 2: From Capture to Destination
• Chapter 2 Section 3: Landing and Sale in the West Indies

Useful Links:

• PBS Africans in America: Part 1 (1450-1750) -- Resource Bank

TEST STUDY GUIDE!:

• Study Guide for Unit 2 Test

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Unit 1 — Ancient African Civilizations, Cultures, etc.

The Book

• Chapter 1 Section 1: Africa
• Chapter 1 Section 2: West Africa
• Chapter 1 Section 3: West African Society & Culture

Useful Links

• Civilizations in Africa
• The Kongo People
• US Library of Congress Country Studies
• African Studies Center -- UPENN
• The Story of Africa -- BBC News