Women and Abolition in Massachusetts

• Date: October 11, 2006
• Location: Amesbury Cultural Center
• Time: 9AM - 3PM

Address and Directions

Primary Resources




Bibliography
Courtesy of Dr. Gayle Fischer of Salem State College and compiled by the SALEM in History Staff.

• Gayle Fischer
• Professor of History
• Salem State College



• Amesbury Cultural Center
• 37 Millyard
• Amesbury, MA 01913

Map


• Follow Rt 95 North until exit 58B
• Take Exit 58B (Rt 110W)
• Bear right at Macy Street/John Greenleaf Whittier Hwy. Follow for 1.5 miles
• Turn Right at Main Street and follow for a half mile
• At rotary, take first exit onto Friend Street
• Take immediate left onto Pond Street
• Take first right onto High Street, and follow into Market Square/Downtown
• Once in Market Square, bear right up the hill
• Take right into Municipal Parking Lot at top of hill
• Walk across footbridge into Millyard

Frameworks:

• 5.34 Identify the key issues that contributed to the onset of the Civil War
1. A.The debate over slavery and westward expansion
• USI.31 Descrive the formation of the Abolitionist Movement, the roles of various Abolitionists, and the response of Southerners and Northeners to Abolitionism
• USI 35: Describe important religious trends that shaped Antebellum America
• USI 36: Summarize the critical developments leading to the Civil War

Bibliography

Discussion Questions