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Suggested Resources for Research:
- Website with option to look for quotes by author:
(2019) Brainy Quotes. Brainy Media. Retrieved from https://www.brainyquote.com
- Website with general information about slavery, customizable by grade:
Nelson, Ken. (2019). Civil Rights for Kids: History of Slavery in the United States including slave codes, abolitionism, free states vs. slave states, the Underground Railroad, Emancipation Proclamation, and the 13th amendment.. Ducksters. Retrieved from https://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/history_of_slavery_in_the_united_states.php
- Videos on Slavery
(2019) The Cotton Economy and Slavery. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/video/african-americans-many-rivers-cross-cotton-economy-and-slavery/
- Website to look up “Who was...” books to use for project:
(2017) WhoHQ. Retrieved from http://www.whowasbookseries.com
Additional Books
Levine, Ellen. (2007) Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad. Scholastic Press
Boston Weatherford. (2006) Carole. Moses : When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Hyperion Books for Children

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