06: Expansion and Sectionalism

06: Expansion and Sectionalism

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Journal of a residence on a Georgian plantation in 1838-1839 : Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Journal of a residence on a Georgian plantation in 1838-1839 : Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Fanny Kemble was a British actress who married Pierce Butler, the wealthy grandson of the founding father of the same name. She did not know of the extent of slavery as a source of his wealth until she lived on his Georgia plantation after they got married. Their disputes over slavery, and his sleeping with slaves played a role in their divorce. This book is a first hand account of slavery, written to persuade Britons to not support the Confederacy
Journal of a residence on a Georgian plantation in 1838-1839 : Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
American slavery as it is: : testimony of a thousand witnesses : by Theodore Weld
American slavery as it is: : testimony of a thousand witnesses : by Theodore Weld
1839 book written by Weld and his wife Sarah Grimke (and sister Angela Grimke) that exposed the horrors of slavery to the non-slave holding public - and how it was used as source material for Harriet Beecher Stowe. Students can search individual terms and read them in context, gather common evidence together to create defensible conclusions about slavery
American slavery as it is: : testimony of a thousand witnesses : by Theodore Weld
“Societal Collapse Is in the Air—Or It Smells Like It” - Current
“Societal Collapse Is in the Air—Or It Smells Like It” - Current
This essay draws between the 1850s and today in a challenging, but perfectly "doable" reading for high school students. The time a teacher invests working students through this essay wouldn't be greater than talking through some bullet point slides, but it will be much better spent
“Societal Collapse Is in the Air—Or It Smells Like It” - Current
Swallow barn, or, A soujourn in the Old Dominion : by John Kennedy 1853
Swallow barn, or, A soujourn in the Old Dominion : by John Kennedy 1853
This book is referenced by Ibram X. Kendi, Andrew DeBlanco, and Heather Cox-Richardson in recent analysis of the 19th century. It describes the experience of a northerner's extended visits at two plantations in Virginia in 1832. Recent analysis of the book say its descriptions of slavery are evidence the "positive good". Pairing this text with Harriet Jacobs, or Theodore Weld would make for an interesting Free Range Document lesson
Swallow barn, or, A soujourn in the Old Dominion : by John Kennedy 1853
The Last Hours of John Quincy Adams
The Last Hours of John Quincy Adams
John Q Adams, son of John Adams, former president of the United States, a representative to Congress for 18 years actually died on the floor of the House of Representatives. This event is one of those "history is stranger than you think" events.
The Last Hours of John Quincy Adams
Quotations - Thomas Jefferson Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
Quotations - Thomas Jefferson Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
The inscriptions on the Jefferson Memorial present a vivid example of quote cutting for a purpose. The line that says that "these people out to be free" is from his autobiography. The very next sentence reads the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
Quotations - Thomas Jefferson Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
Correspondence of James K. Polk | Newfound Press | University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Correspondence of James K. Polk | Newfound Press | University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Several volumes of the letters of James K Polk in searchable .pdf format. Students can search terms like "slave" and "negro" to get insight into this presidents human trafficking while president of the United States. Additionally, searching "Mexico", "Mexicans" and "Indians" yields interesting results as well
Correspondence of James K. Polk | Newfound Press | University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Westward Expansion and Country Music's Hispanic Influence
Westward Expansion and Country Music's Hispanic Influence
Throw out that O'Sullivan excerpt that you haven't successfully helped a student understand in more than a decade and try something different for your Westward Expansion lesson - this is worth a shot
Westward Expansion and Country Music's Hispanic Influence
Wendell Phillips Speech to Anti-Slavery Society January 1852
Wendell Phillips Speech to Anti-Slavery Society January 1852
Teachers who insist on teaching the taught narrative canon's explanation of the "Compromise" of 1850 would think differently if they took the time to read what people of the time actually say about it. Take a quick look at what Wendall Phillips does to Daniel Webster in this speech
Wendell Phillips Speech to Anti-Slavery Society January 1852
Cannibals All! - George Fitzhugh Lee
Cannibals All! - George Fitzhugh Lee
Lee argues that that society was obligated to protect the weak by controlling and subjugating them. Teachers can use this to show a defense of slavery as well as an argument against Democracy
Cannibals All! - George Fitzhugh Lee
Letter of Mr. Walker, of Mississippi, relative to the annexation of Texas: in reply to the call of the people of Carroll County, Kentucky, to communicate his views on that subject : Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1801-1869 : Free Download, Borrow, and S
Letter of Mr. Walker, of Mississippi, relative to the annexation of Texas: in reply to the call of the people of Carroll County, Kentucky, to communicate his views on that subject : Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1801-1869 : Free Download, Borrow, and S
How many teachers tell students that there were southern Senators who suggested that the North should approve of the annexation of Texas because it would drain slaves away from the most northern slave states? In
Letter of Mr. Walker, of Mississippi, relative to the annexation of Texas: in reply to the call of the people of Carroll County, Kentucky, to communicate his views on that subject : Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1801-1869 : Free Download, Borrow, and S
Letters from California and Oregon 1845-1852
Letters from California and Oregon 1845-1852
Too many of our primary document assignments are detached from real life, this 300+ page set of letters opens up 19th century westward migration like nothing else can. Teachers can scroll through and pick some to improve their doc activities or just give students the entire set for a "free-range" primary document lesson
Letters from California and Oregon 1845-1852