Abolitionist Project 2020
Abolitionist Project 2020
Assignment 2: In Their Own Words
in this assignment, you’ll be reading and analyzing some of the writings of an abolitionist. Using the databases and web based links below, you could look at letters, essays, speeches, book excerpts, and more.
For names in bold , start with ProQuest’s History Study Center Database. Choose the “Historical Documents” tab on the right side of the page, then enter the abolitionist’s name in the “keyword” box. This will give you options to choose from, and will also provide additional background on the abolitionist you choose.
For names in Italics, start with the selected links from education, organization, or government sites that have been vetted by your teacher and librarian. It’s especially important to use the C.R.A.A.P. test with web searches.
For citations and bibliography, I suggest starting with ZoteroBib and double-checking against your notes from Ms. Sanchez.
Abolitionists:
Political Players:
Religious Sorts:
- Lewis and Arthur Tappan
- Henry Ward Beecher
- Rabbi David Einhorn Eulogy for Abraham Lincoln Excerpts from Einhorn’s refutation of Raphall’s view of slavery, starting at the bottom of pg 147
Early Feminists:
- Lydia Maria Child
- Lucretia Mott
- Abby Kelley Foster: Address to the National Women’s Convention Address to Anti-Slavery Convention
- Frances Dana Gage
- Ernestine Rose: Speeches on Women’s Rights and an Address to the Women’s Rights Conference of 1851
Violent Radicals:
- John Brown
- Nat Turner: Turner’s confession to Thomas Grey
Privilege for Change:
- James Forten: Letters from a man of colour
- Grimke Sisters
- Gerrit Smith
- Mary Ellen Pleasant: Article in Ebony Magazine, 1979
Writers/Journalists:
- Harriet Beecher Stowe: many varied writings
- David Ruggles
- John Greenleaf Whittier
- Martin Delaney: Letter to Frederick DouglassThe Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States
Escaped Slaves/Writers:
- Sojourner Truth
- Frederick Douglass
- Henry Highland Garnet
- Henry Walton Bibb: Narratvie (scroll to page 13 where narrative starts)
- Solomon Northup: Narrative (scroll to page 17 where narrative starts)
Philosophers:
Direct Action:
- Harriet Tubman
- Josiah Henson: Autobiography Excerpt
Organizers:
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Wendell Phillips: Speech from “Proceedings of the American-Anti-Slavery Society at its second decade.”
Early Influences:
- David Walker: Appeal to the Colored Citizens
- Theodore Dwight Weld: American Slavery as It Is
- Benjamin Lundy: The War In Texas Letter to Andrew Jackson
- Elijah Parish Lovejoy: Poem for Commencement Speech Lovejoy’s Speech to Alton
Teachers:
Sarah Mapps Douglass: Letter to William Basset