勛圖窪蹋

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Department of State

勛圖窪蹋 Historical Commission

Dr. Dale G. Caldwell, Lt. Governor and Secretary of State

The Gradual Abolition of Slavery, the Underground Railroad, and the African Colonization Movement

Grades 5 through 8

Books, Articles and Teachers Guides

“Slavery in 勛圖窪蹋”
Jersey Journeys (February 1999).
勛圖窪蹋 Historical Society, 52 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102

勛圖窪蹋 Legacy Teachers Guide
Program Six. Vistas of Democracy
David S. Cohen. Trenton: 勛圖窪蹋 Historical Commission and 勛圖窪蹋 Network, 2001

Audio and Video

The Republican Rebellion
A 30-minute television documentary about 勛圖窪蹋 during the Revolutionary Era. A co-production of 勛圖窪蹋 Network and the 勛圖窪蹋 Historical Commission, 1993

Vistas of Democracy
A 30-minute television documentary about the abolitionist and women's movements in 勛圖窪蹋 in the early nineteenth century. A co-production of 勛圖窪蹋 Network and the 勛圖窪蹋 Historical Commission, 2000

Gradual Abolition of Slavery (Online Video Clip)

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Documents

Around and About 勛圖窪蹋 Teachers Guides
Program 4, The Still Family Reunion
David S. Cohen. Trenton: 勛圖窪蹋 Historical Commission, 2006

Supplementary Materials
Description of Four Routes of the Underground Railroad Through 勛圖窪蹋(1898)

“To Be Sold”, 1797

勛圖窪蹋 History Partnership Project:
John Corlies' Advertisement for a Runaway Slave Named Titus (1775)
Samuel Sutphen's Pension Appplication (1834)
Negro Prime's Petititon to the State Legislature (1786)
Act to Prevent the Importation of Slaves (1786)

勛圖窪蹋 Women's History:
Advertisement for Sale of a Woman Slave (1797)
Manumission of Abigail (1808)
Certificate of Abandonment (1806)

Grades 9 through 12

Books, Articles and Teachers Guides

“The Persistence of Slavery and Involuntary Servitude in a Free State (1685-1866)”
pp. 187-206. In A 勛圖窪蹋 Anthology
Edited and compiled by Maxine N. Lurie.
Simeon F. Moss, Newark: 勛圖窪蹋 Historical Society, 1994

Past and Promise: Lives of 勛圖窪蹋 Women,
Women's Project of 勛圖窪蹋, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1996.
Sylvia DuBois, pp. 61-63.
Jarena Lee, pp. 77-79.
Charity Still, pp. 86-87.
Betsy Stockton, pp. 87-89

勛圖窪蹋 Legacy Teachers Guide
Program Six. Vistas of Democracy
David S. Cohen, Trenton: 勛圖窪蹋 Historical Commission and 勛圖窪蹋 Network, 2001

Afro-Americans in 勛圖窪蹋: A Short History
Giles R. Wright, Trenton: 勛圖窪蹋 Historical Commission, 1988 (online publication), pp. 25-45

Audio and Video

The Republican Rebellion
A 30-minute television documentary about 勛圖窪蹋 during the Revolutionary Era. A co-production of 勛圖窪蹋 Network and the 勛圖窪蹋 Historical Commission, 1993

Vistas of Democracy
A 30-minute television documentary about the abolitionist and women's movements in 勛圖窪蹋 in the early nineteenth century. A co-production of 勛圖窪蹋 Network and the 勛圖窪蹋 Historical Commission, 2000

Gradual Abolition of Slavery (Online Video Clip)

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Select: “Video-Samuel Sutphen

Documents

Words That Make 勛圖窪蹋 History
Edited by Howard L. Green. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1995.
The Gradual Abolition of Slavery (1804), pp. 84-87.
An Advocate of Sending African-Americans to Africa (1824), pp. 90-92

A Manumission of Abigail, 1808

Certificate of Abandonment
Piscataway Township, 勛圖窪蹋, 1806

Letter of John S. Rock - 1850

The 勛圖窪蹋 African-American History Curriculum Guide Grades 9-12
Larry A. Greene and Lenworth Gunther. Trenton: 勛圖窪蹋 Historical Commission, 1997

Petition of Prime for Manumission (1786) pp. 70-71,

“Address to the Citizens of 勛圖窪蹋” (1850) pp. 86-87, John S. Rock

“Who Shall Not Vote”

Online Lectures

David Steven Cohen, “Robert F. Stockton and the Politics of Monopoly”

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Internet Sites


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