1. Slavery & Abolition in America

2. 1. Origins of Slavery  http://www.history.com/topics/black- history/slavery/videos/origins-of-slavery http://www.history.com/topics/black- history/slavery/videos/origins-of-slavery  Answer the questions on your handout

3. Timeline Information  This is where the timeline information you all gathered and presented would go.  Think of how slavery evolved...the different laws and regulations that were made over the years to regulate and restrict the lives of slaves, the locations where and reasons why slavery prospered, and the places that abolished it.

4. (2) Slave Narratives  Go to the following site:  http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/index.html http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/index.html  From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the Works Progress Administration. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms. Their narratives remain a peerless resource for understanding the lives of America's four million slaves.  You will be assigned one narrative to read and analyze.

5. (3) Now...take notes on the following slides  You do not have to write it word for word. Summarize the key points in your own words.

13. (4) You will now analyze some primary and secondary sources that set the stage for the end of slavery--see handout  http://www.history.com/topics/black- history/frederick-douglass http://www.history.com/topics/black- history/frederick-douglass  As part of your learning about Frederick Douglass, watch this segment and answer the question on your handout.

14. In conclusion, by 1860:  The Congress and the Presidents had failed to resolve the burning issue of slavery in the territories (our expanding nation). Could the Supreme Court, the highest law in the land, put the issue to rest? Politicians and the American public hoped it could determine some long term framework for settlement of the slavery issue. An opportunity was presented when the Dred Scott case reached the High Court. As a slave having lived in a free territory, was he now free when he returned to a slave state? No. And more, according to the Court — neither a state or Congress had the right to outlaw slavery. With the 1860 election, the North could never accept a President who planned to protect or extend slavery. The South would never accept a President who refused to do so. The nomination of candidates and the election of the President were among the most divisive events in the history of this nation.--ushistory.org