Early College and CCP: ECHS - American History Socratic Seminar/Debate

Survey the history of the American anti-slavery movement, from the dawn of the transatlantic slave trade during the late 15th century to the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and beyond. Professor Richard Bell's 30 eye-opening episodes give you an up-close view of a venal institution and the people who fought against it, and who often paid for their courage with their lives.

"In 1776, America was a place of extreme paradox. While our Founding Fathers were fighting for they own independence, many were also unashamed slave-owners. Indeed they were simultaneously promoting both liberty and slavery. LIBERTY & SLAVERY explores why the Founders and their slavery paradox is a lot more complicated than first imagined."

Video channel from Alexander Street database.

June 29, 2020 - The Founding Contradiction: Thomas Jefferson's Stance On Slavery

"Turn now to one of the most dismal episodes in the story of the American West: the forced migration of the "Five Civilized Tribes" (Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole) under the Indian Removal Act of 1830. It was this ordeal that the Cherokee came to call the "Trail of Tears."

"One of the most well-known and dramatic stories in American history is that of the Cherokee nation and the Trail of Tears. Professor Cobb reveals the story behind the story: one of two nations emerging and transforming, during which legal battles, political manipulations, and a clash between the ill-defined limits of federal and state jurisdiction and tribal sovereignty."

"After the Louisiana Territory was purchased in 1803, the US Government adopted a policy to move Indians west of the Mississippi to allow for white settlers to take over the eastern lands. President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from the Carolinas and Georgia to Oklahoma in 1838-1839. Nearly a quarter of the Cherokee Nation died during the Trail of Tears, arriving in Indian Territory with few elders and even fewer children. "

Search on library database Credo Reference. This is the database with encyclopedias and dictionaries.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries collection, entries/letters that mention the execution of abolitionist John Brown.

American History Infobase database search.

On May 30, 1881, Frederick Douglass gave an address for the anniversary of Storer College. In this address he talked about John Brown, the Harper's Ferry Raid. The Transcript of the Address starts on page 7 of this pamphlet.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries collection, entries/letters that mention the Harper's Ferry Raid.

By Richard J. Hinton
As Published in 1894

Journal Article from "American History"

"Andrew Jackson" Search

through Alexander Street Databases (videos)

Search for Andrew Jackson in Credo Reference Database

SIRS Siscoverer Research Topic Article

Record Type: Announcement, Statement, or Petition
Date: July 4, 1776
By: Thomas Jefferson

Record Type: Article or Essay
Date: 1787
By: Thomas Jefferson

Record Type: Government Document
Date: 1779
By: Thomas Jefferson

Mary Wollstonecraft

eBook containing information on Thomas Jefferson, the declaration of independence, notes on state of Virginia, etc.