Activism
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Visual Depictions of Slavery
This learning module explores how visual media—especially charts and diagrams—can shape public understanding, emotion, and political action. Focusing on the iconic 1788 diagram of the Brookes slave ship diagram, students will examine how a single image helped transform abstract knowledge about slavery into a powerful, widely shared critique of its brutality.…
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Comparing Methods of Making Freedom
In this module, Comparing Methods of Making Freedom, students compare two distinct approaches—the legal challenge embodied in the Dred Scott decision and the direct action of the Underground Railroad. Students will examine how freedom has been fought for in different ways. Dred Scott sought freedom through the court system, whereas…