Authoring, Researching, Reporting and other Work

Learning On-Line by Howard Taylor

Lincoln and the Abolitionists

Differentiated higher level activity

"What the President Thought about Slavery" in April of 1864

 

From a letter to Albert G. Hodges, Monday, April 04, 1864----Stating his position on slavery

The original letter is posted on the Library of Congress Memories Collection.  CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE ORIGINAL LETTER

In this project an actual letter from President Lincoln to an Albert G. Hodges will be studied and used to find out just what the President thought about slavery, African-Americans, and abolition.  The student should use the transcribed version of the 3-page letter  to search for hotspot links within the letters, and go to the hotspot link to answer questions.  Directions will be stated on each hotspot link.

 

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