Frederick Douglass & Harriet Tubman

-Students will partner read Famous Abolitionists
-Students will watch Many Rivers to Cross: Age of Slavery (minutes 32-46) and discuss these questions:
1. What was Frederick Douglass' life like? Why is he so important?
2. How did the Fugitive Slave Law impact Free Blacks in the North and runaway slaves?
3. What was life like in Canada for Free Blacks?

-Students will examine the advertisements for runaway slaves in the Primary Source Packet