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Weird History
Who Was Cassius Clay, Abolitionist
So who was the original Cassius Clay? The simple answer is that he was a prominent abolitionist politician in the mid-1800s. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and was appointed ambassador to Russia by Abraham Lincoln....
Red Rock Films
Who was Frederick Douglass?
How an escaped slave became one of President Abraham Lincoln's most important advisers and one of his harshest critics.
Curated Video
Civil War Amendments
Did you know that the US Constitution's most important amendments took place over just 5 years? So what happened between 1865 and 1870 – and how did it change America?
Red Rock Films
Who was Harriet Tubman?
How a former slave became the first woman to lead an armed force in the civil war.
Red Rock Films
Who was Jim Crow?
How one white actor's creation came to represent the most racist laws in America - and how those laws were crushed.
Crash Course
19th Century Reforms
Take a closer look at the religious and moral reform movements in nineteenth century America, including the creation of utopian communities in response to the growth of the market economy, the fundamental ideals of Protestant...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Underground Railroad
Black slaves fleeing their imprisonment in the South often sought the help of sympathetic Northerners while on their way to Canada. WLVT PBS 39 Tempo! investigates how the underground railroad traveled through an 18th Century house in...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Teaching and Learning About Abolitionists
After viewing video excerpts from American Experience: The Abolitionist, students will complete a lesson on abolitionism and reflect on the meaning of patriotism and civil rights. [6:55]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Slavery and the Revolutionaries
Historian Bernard Bailyn argued that abolitionism didn't truly exist in the era of the American Revolution. [54 secs.]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Antislavery Public Opinion and George Mason
America's ideals of liberty couldn't justify the institution of slavery: Founders like George Mason knew it. [59 secs.]