Black Emancipators of the Nineteenth Century
Beryl Bailey and Marcella Flake
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Lesson Plan 6
Objective
Students will be able to debate the effectiveness of the mode of emancipation of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Nat Turner, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Sojourner Truth, and William Still.
Materials
Excerpts from the unit.
Procedures
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1. Students will divide into small groups.
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2. Students will read excerpts from the unit.
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3. Students will discuss who they feel was better able to effect a change for the greatest number of slaves and why.
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4. Students will discuss the practicality of the various means of gaining emancipation.
Results
As this is not a convergent exercise, the results are not definite. Students will, however, see that each of these emancipators utilized the tactic that best suited his/her needs and abilities.
