Guided Primary Source Analysis: Abolition Frowned Down
Access a larger image of this political cartoon. Do you think this cartoon supports or opposes abolition? Explain your reasoning, pointing to specific details in the source that support your view. Now review the bibliographic record and closely read the summary. Do you think this cartoon supports or opposes abolition? Explain your reasoning, pointing to specific details in…
Featured Source: Detail of Submarine Section
Today in History: Submarines
Featured Source: Noon meditations at Slabsides
“John Burroughs at ‘Slab Sides’” description from Bird Lore, Volume 1 (1899): SOME years ago a favor to a neighbor resulted in Mr. Burroughs acquiring possession of a small ‘muck swamp’ situated in a valley in the hills, a mile or more west of his home at West Park. on the Hudson. To Mr. Burroughs, the…
