After a long thought process and debate, I have finally decided on a topic this week which has helped me understand what my goals are in the weeks to come. Now that I have focussed on what question I would like to answer for this research project which is, “What did African-Americans in the Washington, […]
Here is a link to my map on Google Maps. When deciding what landmarks to chose for my map, I took what I thought was associated with President Abraham Lincoln and paired that with what I thought was associated with the African American culture and era during the civil war. I thought that this […]
Through the time of the 1860’s what was it like to be an abolitionist in Washington D.C? Was there an extensive movement that occurred in the District of Columbia and how many slaves were freed through these movements?
After looking through my three topics of choice I have finally decided to narrow down and finally decide on what to research for my final project. At first look, all three topics look interesting and appear to be good topics, however after looking into each topic with some mild research, I came to the conclusion […]
Topic 1: A history of the slave trade in Washington DC One topic that I would consider researching for my final project is the complete history of the slave trade in Washington DC. Although it is a sad topic to research, I have always found the concept of slavery to be interesting to learn about […]
Primary Source 1: http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ShowFullRecord?tab=showFullDescriptionTabs/details&%24searchId=4&%24showFullDescriptionTabs.selectedPaneId=digital&%24digiDetailPageModel.currentPage=0&%24resultsPartitionPageModel.targetModel=true&%24resultsSummaryPageModel.pageSize=10&%24partitionIndex=0&%24digiSummaryPageModel.targetModel=true&%24submitId=2&%24resultsDetailPageModel.search=true&%24digiDetailPageModel.resultPageModel=true&%24resultsDetailPageModel.currentPage=8&%24showArchivalDescriptionsTabs.selectedPaneId=&%24resultsDetailPageModel.pageSize=1&%24resultsSummaryPageModel.targetModel=true&%24sort=RELEVANCE_ASC&%24resultsPartitionPageModel.search=true&%24highlight=false link This primary source is a digital copy of a voting record of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. What these records entail, are documented lists of who voted for what clauses that eventually produced what is now the Constitution. It is said in the documents that the votes were recorded by William […]
