Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Voices From the Days of Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive collection of interviews with former slaves who recount their experiences.
Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Slavery

For Teachers 5th
A comprehensive learning module on slavery that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will examine the role of sugar production...
Graphic
Other

Slave Images: Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has thousand of photos, drawings, and prints dealing with slavery, most of them dating from the period of Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas.
Activity
Other

Understanding Slavery: The Lives of Eighteenth Century African Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive description of slaves in South Carolina. Click on the topics on the left to take you to a wealth of information about the lives of slaves in South Carolina.
Website
Duke University

Duke University Libraries: Digitized Collections: African American Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Access Civil War-era documents that give us a rare first-hand glimpse into the lives of African American women at the time: letters of two slave women from the 1830s and 1850s and a hand-written memoir of another woman born shortly after...
Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Slavery in America

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the growth of the slave trade to America, the experiences of slaves, the difference between indentured service and slavery, and how slaves were bought and sold at auction. Describes the lives of slaves, their homes, the...