Links to Learn More

Slavery in America
http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/
This website gives students a historical view of slavery and its impact on our country.


Pathways to Freedom:
Maryland and the Underground Railroad

http://pathways.thinkport.org/flash_home.cfm
This website has been designed to help students in Grades 4- 8 look more closely at Maryland’s people, stories, and events that were part of The Underground Railroad.


Slavery and the Making of America

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/
This website allows students to hear the first-hand accounts of slave stories recorded by the WPA, understand the resistance to enslavement during the 1800s and find specific events that happened between 1619-1874.

National Geographic presents: The Underground Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
This website takes students on a virtual journey as they escape to freedom in Canada.  Students choose their routes.


Sojourner Truth Institute

http://www.sojournertruth.org/

Everything you need to know about Sojourner Truth's life and legacy.