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Elders
The people in these images were each enslaved from birth and then freed after the Civil War. The photos were taken by Essie Collins Matthews. They were published as part of a book that argues slavery was not bad. Collins used images of formerly enslaved people who continued to live with their enslavers after the…
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The Night Was Dark
During the time of slavery, Harriet Tubman helped many people escape their plantations at night and get to the Underground Railroad.
Jarah Botello
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Literacy as Resistance
The people pictured in these images were enslaved, but they learned to read and write. Many enslavers did not allow enslaved people to read or write. Enslavers knew that reading and writing were powerful tools that could lead to freedom. But these three people learned to read, and the books they wrote helped lead to…
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- Bullying & Bias
- Immigration
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The New Kid in Class
This short story was included in Issue 61 of the Teaching Tolerance magazine, published in the spring of 2019.
Kaitlin Cyca and Monita K. Bell
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Sen. James Henry Hammond On the Admission of Kansas, Under the Lecompton Constitution Speech Before the United States Senate / Cotton is King
The “Cotton is King” speech given by Senator James Henry Hammond before the U. S. Senate on March 4th, 1858.
James Henry Hammond


