Slavery in Arkansas, Market to Misery

Use this cross-curricular history lesson to work on your young scholars' informational writing skills. After listening to songs and stories related to Sultana, they engage in a several activities to boost their understanding of slavery...

Teach high schoolers about the difficult legacy of slavery in the United States with a video that summarizes the institution that stemmed from a cotton-based agriculture and economy. It details the brutality of slave...

Students examine geometric quilt patterns to identify how math may have been used to help slaves escape to freedom. They slide, flip and turn geometric shapes to create a map quilt.

Middle schoolers examine the St. John slave revolt of 1733. In this slavery and apartheid instructional activity, students view the DVD "Slavery, Society, and Apartheid." Middle schoolers respond to discussion questions regarding the...

Eighth graders examine the number of slaves in Arkansas in each census period from 1820 to 1860. They graph the data using the proper labeling and write a paragraph summarizing the data from each period making comparisons between slave...

A series of lesson plans and teaching activities on slavery in Arkansas are provided for educators.

Primary source materials that focus on how the railroad companies supported the slavery system through slave labor, slave ownership, and as a transportation system for the slave market in the South. Content includes contracts, company...

Read what life was like for the slave population in Arkansas in this extensive collection of eyewitness accounts. Presented in a list of main topics, then broken down into specific stories. Highly recommended!

Perhaps one of the largest ethinc/cultural group to inhabit Arkansas are the African Americans. Follow their first arrival as slaves working the plantations through all the years toward emancipation, and into present times. Highly...

Cotton has long been an important and successful part of the economy and history of Arkansas. This is an overview of the cotton industry from the early days of plantations, slaves, immigrant workers to today's productive source of...