FREDERICK DOUGLASS: THIS IS YOUR LIFE
THE ABOLITIONIST
Kathleen Ellis & Kenneth Corfield
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These lessons will examine how Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists
attacked slavery. They will form part of a larger study of Douglass' life
and times culminating in written and dramatic presentations of a "Frederick
Douglass: This Is Your Life" show.
Objectives
Students will
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learn to use and interpret primary sources
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understand aspects of the life and times of Frederick Douglass
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be able to identify opposing voices and opinions on the issue of abolition
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write about the topic and create a dramatization of it
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Time Required
Possibly one week
Recommended Grade Level
Grade 7
Curriculum Fit
As part of the study of antebellum America, this unit examines aspects
of the slave experience and the responses of Douglass and other abolitionists.
Resources Used
On-line Resources:
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Abolition,
anti-slavery from the American Odyssey
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Abolition (from
African American Mosaic)
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Laura
E.Wilkes' account of Douglass' life
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Eulogy
on the life of Frederick Douglass by Rev. Alexander Crummell
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Fanny
Kemble's (?) account of a Georgia slave auction: story of Jeffrey &
Dorcas
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Vilet Lester
Letter (http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/lester/lester.html)
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Life of Isaac
Mason As a Slave (http://metalab.unc.edu/docsouth/mason/mason.html)
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Chapter
from Frederick Douglass's draft manuscript of his autobiography, Life and
Times of Frederick
Douglass,
ca. 1880.(description of escape from slavery)
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Frederick Douglass,
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July" (http://douglass.speech.nwu.edu/doug_a10.htm)
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Oration
by Frederick Douglass, in memory of Abraham Lincoln
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John
Brown. : An address by Frederick Douglass,
at the fourteenth anniversary of Storer
College, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia,
May 30, 1888
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Song of the
Abolitionist," 1841 William Lloyd
Garrison, (African American Mosaic)
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Garrison - "Governing
Passion of My Soul" 1865 (http://douglass.speech.nwu.edu/garr_a27.htm)
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Nat Turner Confessions (http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1826-1850/slavery/confesxx.htm)
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Flag of Secession
1862 (http://douglass.speech.nwu.edu/unkn_a84.htm)
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Calhoun: "Slavery
a Positive Good" 1937(http://douglass.speech.nwu.edu/calh_a59.htm)
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Plaindealer (New
York), "The Blessings of Slavery,"
25 February (http://douglass.speech.nwu.edu/plai_a60.htm) [REBUTTAL TO
Calhoun]
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"Good
Old Rebel" (California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties)
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Salmon
P. Chase
Print Resources :
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Mc Feely, William S. Frederick Douglass. New York, W.W. Norton,
1991.
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Miller, Douglas T. Frederick Douglass and the Fight For Freedom.
New York, Facts on File, 1988.
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Procedure
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Students read and discuss the first two sources on abolition from the ammem
and African American mosaic collections in order to get an overview of
the abolitionist movement
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Research out other biographical information on individuals mentioned in
the sources.
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Evaluation and Extension
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