This is an interactive exhibit from National Geographic. A terrific way for students to gain insight into the hardship faced by African American slaves during this horrific period in American history. This site also provides an interesting point of study for Black History month. Also has a teachers section with lesson ideas in 3 sections: Kindergarten to Grade 4, Grades 5 to 8, and grades 9 to 12.

"You are a slave. Your body, your time, your very breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six long days a week you tend his fields and make him rich. You have never tasted freedom. You never expect to.

And yet . . . your soul lights up when you hear whispers of attempted escape. Freedom means a hard, dangerous trek. Do you try it?"