National History Day: Abolitionists (created by Tess Porter)

This collection brings together EDSITEment and Smithsonian resources to support the initial research into a project for National History Day.  While originally created for the 2017 theme, "Taking a Stand in History," resources found in this collection are useful for researching other National History Day themes.

These resources - including portraits, articles, primary source documents, videos, and websites - highlight four abolitionists profiled in American Experience film The Abolitionists and the National Youth Summit on Abolition: William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown. Additional resources related to abolitionism and other important abolitionists are located at the end. When navigating this collection, please see the standalone text tiles for summaries of section resources.

By no means is this collection comprehensive; instead, it provides a launching point for further research.

This collection was created in collaboration with EDSITEment, a website for K-12 educators from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Tags: civil war; slavery; underground railroad; african-american; national endowment for the humanities; #nhd; #NHD2017

For further information on the National History Day 2017 theme, "Taking a Stand in History," visit: https://www.nhd.org/node/542

NOTE: The film, The Abolitionists, also profiles the abolitionist Angelina Grimké. Resource 9, an issue of William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator, includes a letter correspondence between her and the corresponding secretary of the Female Anti-Slavery Society of Concord, New Hampshire that may be of interest to those looking to research Angelina Grimké.