Will the Real Abe Please Stand Up? Primary Sources for Inkshedding Activity The following primary sources are all in the public domain. This packet provides and thumbnails of the originals and where available. We have provided links to where you can download images on the Web, should you wish to have students look at larger sizes of the originals as printouts, on tablets, or computers. Primary Source Documents Inventory: The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution: declares slavery illegal in the United States; signed by Lincoln Personal Letter, Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln: tells the story of a “nanny goat” who destroyed the flowers, slept in their son’s bed, and went missing Photograph, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen. John A. “Antietam, McClernand”: Abraham Lincoln, in his black suit and stove pipe hat Excerpt from Personal Letter, Abraham Lincoln to Jesse W. Fell: a brief autobiography of Abraham Lincoln’s early life Excerpt, First Lincoln Douglas Debate: Lincoln explains the various solutions to the problem of slavery, including his own feelings which not admit” allowing freed “will slaves to be held as equals to whites
Will the Real Abe Please Stand Up? Primary Sources for Inkshedding Activity The following primary sources are all in the public domain. This packet provides and thumbnails of the originals and where available. We have provided links to where you can download images on the Web, should you wish to have students look at larger sizes of the originals as printouts, on tablets, or computers. Primary Source Documents Inventory: The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution: declares slavery illegal in the United States; signed by Lincoln Personal Letter, Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln: tells the story of a “nanny goat” who destroyed the flowers, slept in their son’s bed, and went missing Photograph, “Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand”: Abraham Lincoln, in his black suit and stove pipe hat Excerpt from Personal Letter, Abraham Lincoln to Jesse W. Fell: a brief autobiography of Abraham Lincoln’s early life Excerpt, First Lincoln Douglas Debate: Lincoln explains the various solutions to the problem of slavery, including his own feelings which “will not admit” allowing freed slaves to be held as equals to whites
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