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The Underground Railroad: Networks, Safehouses, and Conductors
Map the clandestine routes, maritime escapes, safehouses, and vigilance committees that aided freedom seekers heading north and into Canada.
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Abolitionism, Resistance, and Sectional Division
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Explore how abolitionist leaders, freedom seekers, literature, and growing cultural polarization challenged the institution of slavery and divided the nation.
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Learning standards covered
7C.11.5Mississippi Social Studies Standards · 7th GradeExamine the impact of slavery on the nation’s political, social, religious, economic, and cultural development.
7C.11.6Mississippi Social Studies Standards · 7th GradeIdentify major legislation and Supreme Court decisions that sought to overturn and preserve slavery resulting in sectional strife (e.g., Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Acts, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Underground Railroad, etc.).