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Rise of Slavery

Middle Passage / Slavery 

Antebellum Life in the North & West

Chapter 13: The Worlds of North and South (1820–1860)  
Factory Conditions, Mid 19th century Immigration,  Slavery/Slave Codes

Chapter 14: A Reforming Age (1820–1860)  
Abolitionist Movement, Women's Rights Movement

Chapter 8 - Push for Reform 
Immigration, Urban Reform, Women, Fighting Against Slavery 

Antebellum Reformers

The Election of 1840

The Election of 1844

Antebellum American Art

Manifest Destiny

Antebellum South

Old South and Slavery

Abolition and the Underground Railroad

The Slave Trade 

Black History: Life on Plantations (What is a plantation?)

Slavery / Slave Codes 

Resisting Slavery 

Anti-slavery

The slave trade - introduction

The middle passage - presentation

What was life like on the plantations? 

The slave trade - images & notes

Abolition of the slave trade

See Also: The Cotton Gin, The Underground Railroad, 
Brink of the Storm, Harriet Tubman 

For Kids

The Plantation System

"I will be heard!"

Antebellum Slavery - Life of a Slave 

Build your own plantation in colonial Maryland

Learn About Slavery

slave trade

British abolition 

For Teachers

Life on a Cotton Plantation (background)

The Plantation Way of Life (background)

The Antebellum South - The Era Between the War of 1812 and the American Civil War

How did slavery impact our nation (unit plan) 

The Slave Trade (handouts, background)

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