6.3.2 - SQ3 Primary Sources

Compelling Questions:

How did slavery change the lives of people in North Carolina?

Supporting Question 3:

How would you describe the national debate about the continuation of slavery?

Primary Sources

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The Missouri Compromise Links to an external site. (as signed by the President) The Library of Congress
Maine Not to be Coupled with the Missouri Question Links to an external site. (a poem about the Missouri Compromise, 1820) America's Story
The Fugitive Slave Law Links to an external site.(Newspaper article from Lisbon Ohio in 1850) The Library of Congress
Speech by Mr. (Henry) Clay in Favor of the Compromise of 1850 Links to an external site. The Library of Congress
The Act to Organize the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska Links to an external site. (1854) The Library of Congress
Weekly North Carolina Standard Links to an external site. (newspaper) from January 18, 1954 containing an article discussing the Kansas-Nebraska Act The Library of Congress

 

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Title Source
The Missouri Territory Formerly Louisiana Links to an external site. The Library of Congress
The United States Senate, 1850 Links to an external site. The Library of Congress
Political Map of the United States: The Comparative Area of Slave and Free States Links to an external site.  The Library of Congress

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