Educational Activities
1. Which states were pro slavery in the Civil War?
2. Who was President of the Union during the Civil War? Who was president of the Confederacy?
3. Why did Clara go to St. Louis if she thought her family had gone to Colorado?
4. Why do you think Clara had such a strong faith? Was that unusual among slaves?
5. Why would she have taken the family name of someone who had kept her as a slave?
6. It was common for Whites in the South to refer to Black people as "Auntie," or "Uncle." Was that a term of respect? Do you think the same was true when the miners referred to Aunt Clara?
7. Why would she have gone to a miner's camp to open a laundry rather than staying in the town of Denver?
8. Do some research on Clara Brown and write about some of the other projects she was involved in.
9. Write a poem, story, or song in Clara's voice, telling about looking for her family.
10. List ten choices you take for granted, that a slave was not free to make.
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