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ERIC Number: EJ582738
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Exploring Primary Sources: The Ideal of Liberty and the Reality of Slavery.
Mizell, Linda
Social Education, v62 n6 p350-51 Oct 1998
Presents a lesson using primary sources to explore the revolutionary rhetoric of British-American colonists and its application to the lives of enslaved Africans and free Blacks: How could the same people who argued so forcefully for liberty defend slavery? Includes excerpts from four primary documents and sources for additional documents. (DSK)
Descriptors: Black History, Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education, Freedom, History Instruction, Primary Sources, Revolutionary War (United States), Slavery, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, United States History
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Historical Materials; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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