Abraham Lincoln and Slavery Activity

This resource hotlist goes with the learning activity entitled: Lincoln and Slavery

Lincoln's Feelings about Slavery
Learning Activities

As expressed through his words and writings throughout his life

To be used with the Learning Activity of the same title

HOT LIST OF RESOURCES

Organized by Abraham Lincoln's accumulated years

His Formative Years: 1809-1831

The Kentucky Years: Beyond the Log Cabin, Kentucky's Abraham Lincoln

Teacher Guide (PDF format) and essay included on this excellent site. Lesson plans are included.

Mr. Lincoln and Freedom: Experiences with Slavery

(Pre-Civil War Years, and Indiana years in particular) This site will cover Abraham Lincoln's experiences with slavery, relationships with black people in Springfield, and political activities. This site contains images as well as text, but no learning activities

An article about Antebellum slavery

Slavery in the Western Hemisphere Resource Site

NPS Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

A list of quotes and statements by Lincoln concerning slavery. These are all pre-presidential in timing.

His New Salem & Springfield Years: 1832-1860

1855 Letter to Joshua Speed concerning slavery and black people
Quotations about Slavery and Freedom by A. Lincoln

His Presidential Years: 1861-1865

Too slow to end slavery; now the great emancipator: Frederick Douglass and President Lincoln Learning Activity
1864 Letter to Albert G. Hodges about slavery Albert G. Hodges Letter Learning Activity
President Lincoln and the Abolitionists: Press Conference dramatic activity
March 4, 1865, Second Inaugural Address

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