I chose to do a narrative map on Fredrick Douglass. Fredrick Douglass was a very interesting person and there is a lot to say about him. The open access primary resource identified Fredrick Douglass as the “most important black American leader of the 19th century.” I interpreted that as his contributions to the abolitionist movement making him the most important, so that is the significant element that I chose what to write about. Using the open access primary resource about Fredrick Douglass, I found about his various contributions to the abolitionist movement such as his autobiographies, newspapers, and influence during the civil war. I used StoryMapJS, which was fairly easy to use. I used the geomapping and media widgets to clarify and show examples of what I wrote about. I pulled some of my images from outside of the open access primary resource since I thought that those images would be represent the text. StoryMapJS provided many ways to spruce up my narrative map, so I changed some background colors and the font to make it a little more distinguishable and fun to read than the default preset.
Link to narrative map: https://uploads.knightlab.com/storymapjs/5d7e803d88e1b205519a1ab077dec839/fredrick-douglas/index.html