The Curse of Slavery

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English 9
English 10
American Literature
English 12

 

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

- Abraham Lincoln

 

This page contains resources for the study of the Curse of Slavery. This page includes links to the following:

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Resources

• Slavery entry on Wikipedia
  
  
• Slavery in the United States entry on Wikipedeia
  
  
• European colonialism - Encyclopædia Britannica's® Guide to Black History
  • Video (2:37)

 

 

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Authors

• Olaudah Equiano - Slave Narrative
  • PowerPoint - Olaudah Equiano
  • Audio - Passage spoken in Olaudah's Ibo langage
  • HW - Study Questions
  
  
  
• Frederick Douglas - slave narrative
  
  
• Ambrose Bierce - An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge
  
  
• Stephen Crane - The Red Badge of Courage
  
  
• Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address
  
  
• Mark Twain

 

 

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