# How Did Slaves Gain Their Freedom During the Civil War?

This presentation features a lesson on human agency -- the actions that slaves took to free themselves during the Civil War. Participants deconstruct a secondary source and analyze primary sources to understand the contributing factors to emancipation. Part of the Library's 2016 online conference for teachers.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2016
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: War, Education, History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690820/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021690820?play=1)