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Links of this Period    

• Civil War Overview
•  The American Civil War: The Struggle to Preserve the Union A very detailed website on all the information of the American Civil War, particularly the background.
•  The American Civil War Homepage A detailed site with all the secondary sources and further information to the documents, essays and photographical records of the period.
•  The U.S. Civil War: 1861-1865 A resourceful site with all the different dates and events by chronological order, including with different introductions of the relevant people involved.  (Word File Version)
•   Shotgun's Home of Civil War A detailed site with many relevant topics of essays, biographies, photographs, the armies, and other relevant sites .A great site for Civil War research, and I highly recommend it.
•   Music and Poetry of the War Between the States A detailed introduction to the music and poetry on this period by some of the well-known American poets, including Whitman, Walt Whittier, John Greenleaf, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth and many other well-known poets.
•  The Civil War A site constructed from the social science point of view, with background information, quizzes and other relevant information.
•   The Civil War Gallery
•   PPT File on Civil War An introductory file on the cause of Civil War

Links on Frederick Douglass

• The Life of Frederick Douglass  A chronology of Frederick Douglass' life. (A simplified version)
• Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist and Editor A site that offers the brief biography of Benjamin Franklin, what he did, his works and writings as an abolitionist.
• American Transcendentalism Web: Frederick Douglass 1815-1895 A very detailed site on the beliefs of Frederick Douglass during the time of American Transcendentalism, and his writing styles. (Word File Version)
• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
•  The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro A document written by Frederick Douglass, taken from The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass, Volume II, Pre-Civil War Decade 1850-1860 Philip S. Foner, International Publishers Co., Inc., New York, 1950  (Word File Version)
•  A Plea for Free Speech in Boston A speech given by Frederick Douglass  (Word File Version)
• What to the Slave is 4th of July? A writing by Frederick Douglass, James M. Gregory's, Frederick Douglass, the Orator (1893). More recent publications of the speech include Philip Foner's, The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass (1950) and The Frederick Douglass Papers (1982), edited by John W. Blassingame.
• PPT File on Frederick Douglass A PowerPoint file made by students,  based on the content of Narrative of the Life (Word File Version)
  　

Links on Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin

•  Links on Harriet Beecher Stowe   
• The History of the Black People in the United States
• Uncle Tom's Cabin, Or Life Among the Lowly A very detailed site, with a lot of background information on the novel historically, the reasons of why the author chose to write the novel, etc.
•   Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture A resourceful site with all the information on the essays and reviews, Uncle Tom's Cabin on stage, slavery responses, and other relevant further information to discover.
• Mother in Uncle Tom's America A site on different perspectives of mothers in Uncle Tom's Cabin, including the mother, the child, the pain of separation, and others.
• History of Slavery in the United States (Word File Version)
• Views and Analysis of the Segments in the Novel This site gives a lot of segments in the novel, including the discussions and descriptions, analysis, etc.
• Notes on Uncle Tom's Cabin (Word File Version)
•  More Notes on Uncle Tom's Cabin (Word File Version)
• PPT File on Uncle Tom's Cabin A PPT file based on the thematic approaches towards the novel itself and listed with discussion questions.
• Another PPT File on Uncle Tom's Cabin Another detailed file, with the introductions of metaphors and the summary of the novel

Links on Abraham Lincoln and Him as a President

• The Gettysburg Address A resourceful on the drafts, pictures and other relative documents of the address Abraham Lincoln gave on his second term announcement.
  Introduction to Gettysburg's Address  (Word File Version)
•   The History Place Presents Abraham Lincoln A site on the chronology of Abraham Lincoln, along with other additional information of the man as a president and his works.
•   Abraham Lincoln Research Site A resourceful site, including with the documents of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination, his quotes and words, relevant links, as well as other interesting photographs, sketches on the person.
•   Brief Biography on Abraham Lincoln (Word File Version)
•    A site on Abraham Lincoln (Word File Version)
• PPT File on Lincoln's Inaugural Address

Links of Discussion Questions on the Works of this Period

•   Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life 1 and 2  (Word File 1 and 2)
•  Discussion and Essay Questions on Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin 1 and 2  (Word File Version)
•   Gettysburg Address (Please check out Lesson 10) (Word File Version)

Links on the Authors During this Period

• Douglass---Narrative of the Life (970-1001/ B2039-92)
• Harriet Beecher Stowe--- Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Chapter VII, “The Mother’s Struggle” (793-802); Chapter XXXIV, “The Quadroon’s Story” (814-21) 
• Abraham Lincoln--Gettysburg Address, Second Inaugural Address (762-64/ B1616)