The Religious Roots of the Abolition Movement, Seminar Resources, Online Professional Development Seminars for History and Literature Teachers, National Humanities Center


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Teaching American History Project

The Religious Roots of the Abolition Movement

An Online Professional Development Seminar

10 A.M.
May 11, 2010

LEADER:

Laurie Maffly-Kipp

Associate Professor of Religion
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Assigned Readings
1. Bertram Wyatt-Brown, "American Abolitionism and Religion" in "Divining America: Religion in American History," TeacherServe® from the National Humanities Center
2. Benjamin Lay, Address to Fellow Quakers (1737) (PDF)
3. David Walker's Appeal, "Preamble" (1830) (PDF)
  
  For more on David Walker's Appeal, including discussion questions, visit "The Triumph of Nationalism/The House Dividing" from the National Humanities Center.
4. Mastheads of the Liberator (PDF)
5. Collection box for Abolition (PDF)
6. Angelina Grimké, "An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South" (1836) (PDF)
7. The Slave's Friend (1836) (PDF)
8. Frederick Douglass, "The Relation of the Free Church to the Slave Church" (1846) (PDF)
9. John Brown—The Martyr (1870) (PDF)
Seminar Presentation (PowerPoint, 1.5MB)
Seminar Evaluation
Forum (Not available.)
Seminar Recording
1. Streaming recording
2. Download recording (You will need to install the WebEx ARF player, available at download, to playback the recording.)

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