Crossing the River | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

American Colonization Society - This is a Baptist mission group dedicated to repatriating former American slaves to Liberia.

Monrovia - This is the capital of Liberia, which is a place of great squalor in the 1700s.

St. Paul River - This is a body of water that flows to the sea near Monrovia and is the gateway to the interior of Liberia.

Freetown - This is a settlement that is the British outpost in Sierra Leone.

Mercury - This is the ship that carries Edward Williams to Sierra Leone.

Denver, Colorado - This...
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