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Primary Source Documents
We have selected a number of primary source documents to bring the past to life as classroom teaching tools from multiple locations found on the Internet.
Link to list of documents
Extra Louisiana-Specific Primary Source Documents
Articles of Agreement Relating to the Surrender of the Army of N. Virginia
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Brown v. Board of Education
Civil Rights Act (1964)
Compromise of 1850
Declaration of Independence
Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War against Japan (1941)
Louisiana Constitution of 1974
Louisiana Purchase Treaty and Two Related Documents
Missouri Compromise (1820)
Pinckney's Treaty
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Proclamation by William C. C. Claiborne
Telegram Announcing the Surrender of Fort Sumter (1861)
Treaty of Ghent (1814)
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Treaty of San Ildefonso
United States Constitution- Amendments 11-27
United States Constitution
Voting Rights Act (1965)