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<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a> Slavery in the Americas is at least 300 years old when Nat Turner is born to a slave in Virginia. He learns to read the Bible as he learns the harsh demands of slave work. As an adult, Turner sees visions that tell him he must lead his fellow slaves to freedom, even if this freedom march will spill blood . . .<\/p>\n Nat Turner’s Revolt includes the following topics:<\/p>\n How bad was the middle passage? Chapter 2: The Mexican War <\/strong><\/p>\n Despite the scare of Nat Turner\u2019s revolt, the \u201cMissouri Compromise\u201d has kept the political peace between Northerners and Southerners since 1820. No slave states have gone north of the latitude 36\u00b0 30\u2019 except for Missouri. Then Americans bring their slaves into Mexico\u2019s Texas territory. This sparks a war that will bring the arguments about slavery back into American life . . .<\/p>\n The Mexican War includes the following topics:<\/p>\n Who remembers Mexico’s Alamo? Chapter 3: Dred Scott\u2019s Case <\/strong><\/p>\n Dred Scott is born a slave in Virginia, but he will search for his freedom in a different way than Nat Turner did. He lives a quiet life, serving his owner in the western United States, along the Mississippi River. He spends some time in free territories and goes to court to ask for his legal freedom, using the \u201cMissouri Compromise.\u201d What he finds in America\u2019s courts will shock him and divide the nation even further over slavery . . .<\/p>\n Dred Scott’s Case includes the following topics:<\/p>\n Where was Dred Scott a slave? Chapter 4: John Brown\u2019s Raid<\/strong><\/p>\n John Brown’s Raid includes the following topics:<\/p>\n One man watches the growing heat in the slavery debate and catches the fire in his own eye. John Brown helps slaves to escape through the Underground Railroad, then moves to \u201cBleeding Kansas\u201d for the slavery fight there. When he hears the Dred Scott court decision, Brown decides that only a slave revolt much larger than Nat Turner\u2019s will bring freedom to the millions in chains . . .<\/p>\n What job did John Brown do? <\/a><\/p>\n The struggle of slaves for their freedom grows in the years before the Civil War. Witness Nat Turner’s Revolt, the largest slave uprising in United States history. See how the land grab of the Mexican War opens the West to … Continue reading
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\nChapter 1: Nat Turner\u2019s Revolt<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWhat was life like for slaves?
\nHow did Turner plan his revolt?
\nWhat convinced Turner to attack?
\nDid Nat Turner’s revolt succeed?<\/p>\n
\nWho annexes Texas?
\nWho starts the Mexican War?
\nHow did America invade Mexico?
\nWhat land did Mexico give the U.S.?<\/p>\n
\nDid Missouri courts free D. Scott?
\nDid federal courts help Dred Scott?
\nHow was Dred Scott’s case debated?
\nDid Dred Scott’s case stop civil war?<\/p>\n
\nWhat was Brown’s mountain plan?
\nWhy did the new Kansas bleed?
\nWhy did John Brown take the ferry?
\nHow did Robert E. Lee stop John Brown?<\/p>\nView the Teacher Guide<\/a> of this comic<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"