Slavery Slavery
Ohio Academic Content Standard – Social Studies – 5th grade
Describe the experiences of African-Americans under the institution of slavery.
Subject Heading/Keywords -
African Americans – History- Juvenile, African American Children – Social Conditions – Juvenile, Blacks-America - History – Juvenile, Child slaves-United States-Social Conditions-Juvenile, Plantation Life – United States – History – Juvenile, Slavery-American- History – Juvenile, Slaves – American – Social Conditions, Underground Railroad – Juvenile
Dewey Decimal/Call Number – 305.5670973, 306.362,960, 973.049, 973.086
Resources – Children’s Nonfiction
305.5670973 Olson, Kay Melchisedech. Africans in America, 1619-1865. Mankato, Minn.: Blue Earth Books, 2003. Discusses how West Africans were taken from their homeland and brought to America as slaves, the experiences slaves had in the new country, and the contributions this cultural group made to American society.
306.362 Diouf, Sylviane A. Growing up in slavery. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 2001.Examines what life was like for children who grew up as slaves in the United States, describing the conditions in which they lived, the work theydid, how they were educated, and their efforts to obtain freedom.
960 Chambers, Catherine. The history of emigration from Africa. New York: F. Watts, 1997, c1996. The book details the slaves' abominable living conditions, the types of labor they were forced to perform, and their mistreatment and degradation at the hands of their masters.
973.0496 Cloud Tapper, Suzanne. Voices from slavery's past : yearning to be heard. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2004. Contains compelling stories about slaves, slave owners, abolitionists, and the whole concept of how slavery affected America.
973.049 Greene, Meg. Slave young, slave long: the American slave experience. Minneapolis, Minn.: Lerner Publications Co., 1999. Presents a social and cultural history of the American slave experience with emphasis on day to day life rather than the larger political context.
973.049 Meadows, James. Slavery: the struggle for freedom. Chanhassen, MN: Child's World, 2002. Includes information on the history of bondage in America and the treatment of slaves through the Civil War.
973.049 Our song, our toil : the story of American slavery as told by slaves / edited by Michele Stepto. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1994. Recounts the story of American slavery from African captivity to emancipation, through excerpts from slave autobiographies and slavery documents.
973.086 Ford, Carin T. Slavery and the underground railroad : bound for freedom. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2004. Explains how slaves were originally brought to the American Colonies and traces the rise and massive growth of slavery. Other chapters cover the daily life of a slave and the plight of runaways.
973.7115 Landau, Elaine. Fleeing to freedom on the Underground Railroad : the courageous slaves, agents, and conductors. Minneapolis, Minn.: Twenty-First Century Books, 2006. Discusses the history of slavery in the United States, slave life, the Underground Railroad, and the leaders, both black and white, of antislavery organizations.
Resources – Children’s Videos
973.7115 Q525 The Quest for freedom. Richardson, TX: Grace Products, Corp., 1992. Fiction story about a young man of our own times, who enters a mysterious library and suddenly he's trapped in the past - a slave on a plantation with Harriet Tubman.
Resources – Websites – Children’s Nonfiction
Addy’s Escape to Freedom
http://www.americangirl.com/agcn/addy/escape/
In this series of American Girl, travel with slaves on their dangerous journey.
American Slave Narratives
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
"From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms." Includes sound files.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Home Page
Located in Cincinnati, resources under Speak, Listen + Learn include educator resources and Underground Railroad – Timeline, People, Places
Juneteenth.com – Middle Passage
http://www.juneteenth.com/middlep.htm
Website, which celebrates the ending of slavery in the United States, includes a pictorial account of the journey from Africa to America.
Safe Passage/Teacher’s Guide
http://www.safepassageohio.org/resources/guide.asp
Includes information about the Underground Railroad, biographies of important people under Video Profile and much more