- Antislavery Literature Project, The
Collaborative electronic publishing project highlighting the origins of multicultural literature in the United States.
antislavery.eserver.org
- On Borrowed Ground: Free African-American Life in Charleston, South Carolina 1810-61
Describes the changing position of Charleston's free mulatto elite up to the Civil War.
etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH36/poole1.html
- African American Journey: Missouri Compromise
Plan agreed upon by the United States Congress in 1820 to settle the debate over slavery in the Louisiana Purchase area.
www2.worldbook.com/features/aajourney/html/bh041.html
- Securing the Leg Irons
"Restriction of Legal Rights for Slaves in Virginia and Maryland, 1625 - 1791" - The Early America Review, Winter 1996-97.
earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/slavery.html
- Declaration of Sentiments (1833)
Statements of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
www2.vscc.cc.tn.us/socialscience/FinalDocs/Jacksonian/AASS.htm
- Slavery in New York
Exhibition from the New York Historical Society.
www.slaveryinnewyork.org
- African-American: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Online exhibit chronicling the experience of Africans on American soil from 1619 to 1865.
www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaslavry.htm
- Third Person, First Person: Slave Voices
Online exhibit from the Special Collections Library at Duke.
scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/slavery
- Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
Hundreds of images collected by Jerome S. Handler and Michael L. Tuite Jr.
hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery
- Wikipedia: Slavery in North America
Hyperlinked information on the history of slavery in the U.S.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery#Slavery_in_North_America
- Abolitionist, The
Articles related to the anti-Slavery movement. Includes a history of John Brown, the Underground Railroad, Levi Coffin, and William Garrison.
www.afgen.com/slave1.html
- Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People
Describes the story of the escaped slaves who fought for the British in the American Revolution and were evacuated to Canada.
blackloyalist.com/canadiandigitalcollection
- Pictures of Slavery in Church and State
Personal reminiscences and views by Rev. John Dixon Long, 1817-1894.
docsouth.unc.edu/neh/long/long.html
- African-American Mosaic: Colonization
Articles and images devoted to the American Colonization Society's efforts to send free African-Americans to Liberia from 1817 to 1867.
lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam002.html
- Thomas Jefferson on Slavery
1781 commentary by Thomas Jefferson in which he appeals for the end of slavery as degrading to the Southern family and endangering the liberty of all.
odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/tj3/writings/slavery.htm
- From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
Presents pamphlets published by African American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, emancipation, reconstruction, and related topics. From The Library of Congress.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml
- Africans in America
Companion site to the PBS series which examines the economic and intellectual foundations of racial slavery in America and the global economy that prospered from it. Includes a teacher's guide.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia
- DiscoverySchool.com: Understanding Slavery
Includes one slave's story and a description of a slave auction.
school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery
- Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery in America, The
Contains information on slavery and the slave trade in America. Includes facts and figures related to salvery, images, and lists links and sources on the subject.
www.slaverysite.com
- Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
Archived collection of pamphlets and books concerning the experiences of African and African American slaves in the American colonies and the United States.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml
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