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Women’s History Playlist:1844-1860

254 minutes

8 Items

Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?” 1851

Activity

40 Min

“Ar’nt I a Woman?” Sojourner Truth and the Abolitionist Movement | BRIdge from the Past

Video

10 Min

Dame Shirley (Mrs. Clappe), Letters from a Western Pioneer, 1851–1852

Activity

40 Min

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Essay

1572 Words

Harriet Tubman: Follow the North Star to Freedom

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

How Did Landscape Affect Harriet Tubman? The Outdoors, Slavery, & the Underground Railroad

Video

14 Min

Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Essay

2508 Words

Activism through Literature: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Slavery, and Justice

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min