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The African American - A Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Collection of articles summarizing American slavery, includes timelines, biographies and links published by the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Long Island University.
http://www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/libr...
How the Cradle of Liberty Became a Slave-Owning Nation
Article by Susan DeFord, Washington Post.
http://innercity.org/columbiaheights/newsp...
From Africa to America
Describes African background of black Americans, examines the nature of slavery, and traces the history of some free blacks during the time of slavery, includes notable biographies.
http://www.worldbook.com/wc/features/aajou...
Classics on American Slavery
Collection of scholarly books and articles on American slavery, published before 1923.
http://www.dinsdoc.com/slavery-1.htm
Death or Liberty: Gabriel, Nat Turner and John Brown
Exploration of three 19th-century events in Virginia that focused America's attention on slavery: Gabriel's Conspiracy, Nat Turner's Rebellion, and John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry.
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whoweare/exhibits...
Fortune's Story
The story of Fortune was an African American man enslaved in a Connecticut farming community, in Waterbury, includes curriculum materials and student activities.
http://www.fortunestory.org
Best of History Web Sites: U.S. History: South & Slavery
Annotated guide to historical Web sites and online lesson plans on U.S. slavery aimed at history teachers and students.
http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_...
Black Seminole Slave Rebellion: Toolkit of facts
Guide to facts, primary and secondary sources on the slave rebellion led by Black Seminoles in Florida from 1835-1838, documenting claim it was the largest slave revolt in U.S. history.
http://www.johnhorse.com/toolkit/index.htm
Voices from the Days of Slavery, Audio Interviews
Sound recordings of former slaves describing their lives, from the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/vo...
Olaudah Equiano
Excerpts from Equiano's slave autobiography, a best-seller of the 18th century that had a major impact on English and American public opinion.
http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/Equiano.html
Captive Passage - The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of Americas
Tells the epic maritime story of how enslaved Africans were transported from the coasts of Africa to American shores.
http://www.mariner.org/captivepassage/
The USF Africana Heritage Project
Search for records that document the names and lives of slaves, freedpersons and their descendants.
http://www.africanaheritage.com
Exploring Amistad
Primary documents on the Amistad slave ship rebellion in the U.S., presented with historical essays, teaching suggestions, images, and avenues for further exploration.
http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/main/welc...
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
Resource for scholars and general audiences offering historical narratives, 8,300 illustrations and more than 60 maps, with three detailed sections on U.S. slavery.
http://www.inmotionaame.org
North American Slave Narratives
Collection of all narratives of fugitive and former slaves published in English up to 1920 and many related biographies, from University of North Carolina's Documenting the American South.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/
Slavery in the Roman Empire: Numbers and Origins
Scholarly article by John Madden analyzing the sources of slaves in Ancient Rome.
http://www.ucd.ie/classics/classicsinfo/96...
Slavery in the United States
Jenny B. Wahl of Carleton College describes the spread of slaveholding, its legal, social, and economic underpinnings, with graphs and tables of statistics.
http://eh.net/encyclopedia/?article=wahl.s...
Slave Voices
Links to original source materials, hundreds of organized pictures and graphics which tell the story of American slavery from the slaves' perspective.
http://www.awesomestories.com/history/slav...
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition: Home
Dedicated to the investigation and dissemination of information concerning all aspects of the Atlantic slave system and its destruction.
http://www.yale.edu/glc/
Slavery in the North
Douglas Harper describes the growth, end, and consequences of slaveholding in the Northern colonies of what became the United States.
http://www.slavenorth.com
Slave Badges
Preview of and supplement to the book, Slave Badges and the Slave-Hire System in Charleston, 1783-1865.
http://www.slavebadges.com
Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Contains background texts, references and material on issues such as racism and reparations.
http://www.ama.africatoday.com
Slave Movement during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
This site provides access to raw data and documentation on a variety of slave trade topics from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/
Chronology on the History of Slavery and Racism
Timeline on role of slavery and racism in American History from 17th-20th centuries, with footnotes to primary and secondary sources.
http://www.innercity.org/holt/slavechron.h...
Antislavery Literature Project
Digitized texts and resources on antislavery literature of all kinds, from the U.S. and other countries, reflecting impact of antislavery writing on development of U.S. society.
http://antislavery.eserver.org/
Slavery, Abolition, and Emancipation
Resources including slave narratives, biographies of abolitionists, images, poetry, links, and further readings.
http://www.brycchancarey.com/slavery/
Slavery - The Peculiar Institution
Exhibit that explores the methods used by Africans and their American-born descendants to resist enslavement, as well as to demand emancipation and full participation in American society.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibi...
Self Determination Committee
Informational on slavery and the slave trade, includes archives, reparations information, and documents.
http://www.directblackaction.com
African American Voices
Collection of articles with quotations from primary source documents on the history and experience of slavery by Steven Mintz, University of Houston.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voi...
Slavery In the Western Hemisphere
Multimedia textbook by students at Coral Gables High School covering slavery in British America and the United States.
http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/slavery/index.h...
Slavery and Abolition: A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies
Journal covering demographic, social, economic, historical and psychological aspects of slavery and its eradication from the ancient period to the present.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/014...
Abolitionist
Documents and articles on the abolition of slavery in the U.S., including text of 19th-century speeches and some contemporary material.
http://www.afgen.com/slave1.html
The Dred Scott Case
The disposition of the case, and its infamous ruling, contributed to the tensions leading to the Civil War.
http://library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott/
American Slavery - A Composite Autobiography
The authoritative collection of WPA slave narratives.
http://gem.greenwood.com/products/prod_ams...
The Roots of American Slavery
Bibliographical essay by Philip J. Schwarz, Virginia Commonwealth University.
http://www.stratfordhall.org/schwarz.html
African-American Women
Slave letters offering firsthand glimpses into the lives of female slaves and their relationships with their owners, from Duke University Library’s Special Collections.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collection...
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