Graphic Organizer: Paths to Freedom
Directions: Use the following organizer to help you compile the main ideas from each primary source.
Document | Main Ideas |
The Boston Massacre engraving by Paul Revere, 1770 | |
The Phillipsburg Proclamation, 1779 | |
“Soldiers at the siege of Yorktown,” by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine DeVerger, 1781 | |
“James Armistead Petition to the Virginia General Assembly,” November 30, 1786 | |
Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation, 1775 | |
“An act directing the emancipation of certain slaves who have served as soldiers in this state, and for the emancipation of the slave Aberdeen,” Virginia General Assembly, October 20, 1783 | |
George Washington’s Last Will and Testament, July 9, 1799 |