RADICAL BLACK ACTIVISTS AND JOHN BROWN
Teaching This Exhibit
Navigate the oggles for suggestions on how to use this exhibit in the classroom for grades 7-9, 10-12, and with undergraduate students.
Grades 7-9
- Who was John Brown and why are he and his allies important to American history?
- John Brown – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/john-brown/
- Information on the Chatham Convention – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/the-chatham-convention/
- Information on the Harpers Ferry Raid – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/the-harpers-ferry-raid/
- What happened during the Harpers Ferry Raid?
- Interactive Timeline of events that took place during the Raid – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/timeline-of-events/
- Who were some of John Brown’s Black allies?
- Henry Highland Garnet (Includes interactive timeline) – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/henry-highland-garnet/
- Anna Murray Douglass – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/anna-murray-douglass/
- Frances Ellen Watkins (E.W.) Harper – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/frances-ellen-watkins-e-w-harper/
- Harriet Tubman – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/harriet-tubman/
- Mary Ellen Pleasant – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/mary-ellen-pleasant/
- Osborne Perry (P.) Anderson (includes interactive timeline) – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/osborne-perry-p-anderson/
Grades 10-12
- How did Black Radical activists influence and work with John Brown?
- Black Radical Influence on Brown – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/black-radical-influence-on-brown/
- Henry Highland Garnet and Radical Abolitionism –https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/garnet-and-radical-abolitionism/
- Frederick Douglass and John Brown-https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/douglass-and-brown/
- Jermain Loguen and Brown – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/loguen-and-brown/
- The Radical Abolitionist Party – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/the-radical-abolitionist-party/
- What was the Chatham Convention? Who were some of the people who attended and took part in the Convention?
- The Chatham Convention – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/the-chatham-convention/
- Members of the Chatham Convention (includes interactive list) – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/members-of-the-chatham-convention/
- What did John Brown propose in his “Provisional Constitution”? How did people respond to it at the Chatham Convention?
- The Chatham Convention Minutes – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/the-minutes/
- Interactive PDF of the Provisional Constitution – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/provisional-constitution-and-ordinances-for-the-people-of-the-united-states/
- How was the Harpers Ferry Raid discussed in newspapers? How did geography (time and place) play a role in how the Raid was discussed?
- The Harpers Ferry Raid – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/the-harpers-ferry-raid/
- Timeline of Events (includes interactive timeline of events that took place during the Harpers Ferry Raid) – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/timeline-of-events/
- Newspaper Coverage of the Raid – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/newspaper-coverage-of-the-raid/
Undergraduate Students
- What was the Radical Abolitionist Party and how was John Brown involved?
- Black Radical Abolitionism – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/black-radical-influence-on-brown/
- The Radical Abolitionist Party – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/the-radical-abolitionist-party/
- How does archival research show up/how is it included in the exhibit? What research still needs to be done?
- Members of the Chatham Convention (includes an interactive list) –https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/members-of-the-chatham-convention/
- Uncovering Members of the Convention – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/uncovering-members-of-the-convention/
- Traveling to the Convention (includes an interactive map) – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/traveling-to-the-convention/
- Newspaper Coverage of the Raid – (includes newspaper clippings) https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/newspaper-coverage-of-the-raid/
- Harper’s “Bury Me In A Free Land” (newspaper clipping) – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/harpers-bury-me-in-a-free-land/
- Need Your Help (what other research needs to be done) – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/need-your-help/
- How did the “Address To The Slaves Of The United States” influence Brown?
- Henry Highland Garnet and Radical Abolitionism – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/garnet-and-radical-abolitionism/
- Henry Highland Garnet (includes interactive timeline) – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/henry-highland-garnet/
- “An Address To The Slaves Of The United States of America” (includes interactive PDF) – https://coloredconventions.org/jessica-thelen-spring-2019/an-address-to-the-slaves-of-the-united-states-of-america/
Credits
Created by Jessica Thelen, PhD student in English for P. Gabrielle Foreman’s ENGL/HIST 677 class, Spring, 2019. Edited by P. Gabrielle Foreman.