Missouri State Archives
Missouri's Early Slave Laws:
A History in Documents

An Interactive Lesson Plan with Original Documents
Grades 8-12

Lesson Plan

• Lesson Overview
  
  
• Original Documents
  • 1837 Law
  • 1847 Law
  • George Thompson Petition
  • George Thompson Request for Release
    
    
• Worksheet
  • Learning From Primary Sources 
    
    
• Histories
  • Laws Concerning Slavery in Missouri: Territorial to 1850s
  • George Thompson History
    
    
• Guided Discussion Questions

For Educators

• Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Framework for Curriculum Development in Social Studies
  • Show-Me Standards and Social Studies Strands Targeted by Missouri's Early Slave Laws: A History in Documents