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Slavery
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "I Will Be Heard!": Abolitionism in America 
 A well-organized, content-rich site with a wide range of authoritative information. Includes profiles of prominent abolitionists, slave narratives, background on the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment, critical resources on Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and much more. From Cornell University, Division of Rare & Manuscript Collections. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/abolitionism/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated Feb 27, 2005 Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register Travel Itinerary
A history of the Underground Railroad, including the early antislavery movement. A map displays the routes. Provides links, by state, to a history of each of the surviving historic places along the route, with photos and location, often including hours and phone number if open to visitors. The "Learn More" section includes print and online resources as well as a list of state tourism websites for those states featured. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/underground/ Topics: Black Resources, History, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Jul 11, 2007 African-American Women: On-line Archival Collections
"Archival collections featuring scanned pages and texts of the writings of African-American women ... includes the memoirs of Elizabeth Johnson Harris (1867-1942), an 1857 letter from Vilet Lester, a slave on a North Carolina plantation, and several letters from Hannah Valentine and Lethe Jackson, slaves on the estate of David Campbell, a governor of Virginia." From The Digital Scriptorium, Special Collections Library, Duke University. http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Women, United States History Last updated Jul 10, 2008 Africans in America
A searchable history of slavery in the United States, featuring images, historical documents, biographies, and contemporary and modern commentaries. Includes a teacher's guide and a youth activity guide. From the PBS series of the same name. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html Topics: Black Resources, Labor, United States History Last updated Aug 19, 2005 Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1719-1820
A database of information on 100,000 slaves who were brought to Louisiana in the 18th and 19th centuries. It contains "African slave names, genders, ages, occupations, illnesses, family relationships, ethnicity, places of origin, prices paid for slaves, and slaves' testimony and emancipations." Searchable by name, master, gender, racial designation, time period, plantation location, and origin. "Miscellaneous Searches" has lists of African names, slaves involved with revolts, and runaways. Demographic tables are available. http://www.ibiblio.org/laslave/ Topics: Black Resources, Families, History, Hobbies, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 9, 2004 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
"More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves" collected as part of the Federal Writers' Project during the Depression. It was originally published as the seventeen-volume "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves" (1941). Search by keyword or browse the narratives and photographs. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Dec 18, 2008 Death or Liberty - Gabriel, Nat Turner and John Brown
This online exhibit features transcripts and digital images of over sixty documents that relate to resistance to slavery in Virginia between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Each section includes a summary and the site provides primary documents for each subject. The subjects include Gabriel's Conspiracy in 1800, Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831, and John Brown's Raid in 1859. From the Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/exhibits/deathliberty/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Oct 8, 2009 Documenting the American South (DAS)
Over 1,200 primary sources documenting the cultural history of the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. It includes Southern literature to 1920; first-person narratives, including diaries, memoirs, ex-slave narratives, and travel accounts; the church in black communities to 1920; materials documenting life during the Civil War; and a collection on the history of North Carolina to 1940. Searchable. From the Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://docsouth.unc.edu/ Topics: Black Resources, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 17, 2004 The Dred Scott Case
"The records displayed in this exhibit document their [Dred Scott and his wife] early struggle to gain their freedom through litigation and are the only extant records of this significant case as it was heard in the St. Louis Circuit Court." The decision contributed to the tensions leading to the Civil War. The site has digital images and transcriptions of original documents as well as a chronology. From the library at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. http://library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, United States History Last updated Jan 16, 2006 The Emancipation Proclamation
This site contains images of the entire original Emancipation Proclamation, a transcript, and an explanation of its historical significance during and after the Civil War. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/text_emancipation.html Topics: Black Resources, United States History Last updated Jul 24, 2005 Emancipation Proclamation
Small exhibit on the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln at the beginning of 1863 during the Civil War. Includes an essay about Lincoln and slavery, timeline, and images of versions of the document. Part of a Library of Congress American Memory Project presentation about the papers of Abraham Lincoln. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/almintr.html Topics: Black Resources, United States History Last updated May 23, 2006 The End of Slavery: The Creation of the 13th Amendment
"Editorials, feature stories, news items, illustrations, cartoons, a poem, and an advertisement" from the pages of Harper's Weekly, "the leading American illustrated newspaper in the second-half of the nineteenth century," about the 13th Amendment and "the nation's transition from slavery to freedom." Features a timeline (1787-1865), commentary, and biographies. Includes a glossary and list of sources. Also includes links to sites about the 14th and 15th Amendments. From HarpWeek. http://13thamendment.harpweek.com/ Topics: Black Resources, United States History Last updated Jan 23, 2008 The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
This site collects approximately 2,000 items about "Douglass's life as an escaped slave, abolitionist, editor, orator, and public servant." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by series (family papers, pamphlets, brochures, speeches, reports, broadsides, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, typescripts, articles, and maps). Includes biographical timeline, a family tree, links to full texts of Douglass's autobiographies, and related resources. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, United States History Last updated Jan 6, 2004 From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
A collection of about four hundred pamphlets "by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
A searchable site "dedicated to the investigation and dissemination of information concerning all aspects of the Atlantic slave system and its destruction." "Source Documents" contains speeches, letters, cartoons and graphics, interviews, and articles. The site also provides bibliographies, related sites, and information about the Amistad case. http://www.yale.edu/glc/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Labor, United States History Last updated Jan 17, 2005 Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
"Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) is best known today as the author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which helped galvanize the abolitionist cause and contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War." This site provides information about her life and writings, her house in Hartford, Connecticut, digitized documents, bibliographies, and links to related sites. http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Notable People: Women, United States History Last updated Feb 27, 2005 How California Came to Be Admitted
Reprint of a 1900 San Francisco Chronicle article that discusses the significance of the status of California as an anti-slavery state when it was admitted into the United States on September 9, 1850. From the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist5/caladmit.html Topics: Black Resources, United States History Last updated Jan 29, 2007 Images of the Antislavery Movement in Massachusetts
This website "presents digital images of 840 visual materials from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society that illustrate the role of Massachusetts in the national debate over slavery." Browse by format, such as engravings and prints, patriotic covers (envelopes featuring images and slogans), and manuscripts. Also includes a website overview, highlights from the collection of portraits of American abolitionists, and a brief bibliography. http://www.masshist.org/online/abolition.cfm Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 21, 2008 John Brown's Holy War
John Brown's Holy War explores the life and actions of the abolitionist known for his violent crusade against slavery at Harpers Ferry. Includes biographical information and timeline; excerpts from letters, speeches, and an editorial; profiles of related people and events; information on the song "John Brown's Body"; a bibliography; and a teacher's guide. This online companion to PBS program also features a film transcript and interviews with historians featured in the film. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Labor, Notable People, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 27, 2005 Mary Ellen Pleasant
"This site is dedicated to accurate presentation of the life of Mary Ellen Pleasant, called the 'Mother of Civil Rights in California.' ... We also support the work of scholar/performer Susheel Bibbs, who ... has re-researched Pleasant's life and is presenting it accurately for the first time." The site features an illustrated biography of Pleasant, including information about her study with Voodoo Queen Marie LaVeaux. Also includes information about Bibb's chautauqua performances and related activities. http://www.mepleasant.com Topics: Black Resources, Business, Notable People, Notable People: Women, United States History Last updated Sep 21, 2006 Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Companion to a public television program that considers the story of Nat Turner, who led a famed slave revolt in Virginia in 1831 and who been a subject of fierce debate. It "examines how the story of Turner and his revolt have been continuously re-told since 1831." The site features an overview of the rebellion, a timeline of slave rebellions in the Americas (1663-1859), and links to related sites. From Independent Television Service (ITVS). http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/natturner/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, United States History Last updated Aug 7, 2006 National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Contains brief profiles of related people, a timeline, personal stories, and related links. Includes section for students in grade 5-8. http://www.freedomcenter.org/ Topics: United States History Last updated Feb 6, 2005 New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War
Online exhibit about the attitudes towards slavery in New York City between the time slavery was abolished in the state in 1827 and the Civil War. Topics include New York City as a pro-Southern city, abolitionists and fighting slavery, and Civil War battles of New York and reconstruction. Features introductory essays, background about people and events, primary documents, and more. From the New York Historical Society. http://www.nydivided.org/VirtualExhibit/ Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 29, 2007 Return to the African Burial Ground
This 2003 interview with the physical anthropologist who was the director of the African Burial Ground Project discusses how "on October 3, 2003, the remains of more than 400 enslaved people arrived in New York and were taken in a procession up Broadway to their final resting place, the African Burial Ground, from which they had been removed 12 years ago [1991]." Includes photos from the event. From the Archaeological Institute of America. http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/blakey/ Topics: Black Resources, United States History Last updated Oct 8, 2007 Secret Routes to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Experience
An online exhibit on the Underground Railroad, the history of slavery in the United States, and slavery today. The "Routes" section features descriptions of the vast network of routes the slaves took to freedom. "Stories" focuses on the institution of slavery and the treatment of the slaves. Requires Macromedia Flash Player plugin. From the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC). http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/undergroundrailroadexperience/index_flash.html Topics: Black Resources, Labor, United States History Last updated Jul 30, 2006 Slavery and the Making of America
Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series "documenting the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction." Historical overviews, personal narratives, character spotlights, images, and other materials highlight various aspects of the lives of slaves, such as family, religion, and living conditions. Includes educational materials and related reading, film and TV resources, and Web sites. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Literary Movements and Periods, United States History Last updated Feb 21, 2005 Slavery Era Insurance Registry
"In August 2000 the California legislature found that insurance policies from the slavery era have been discovered in the archives of several insurance companies, documenting insurance coverage for slaveholders for damage to or death of their slaves, issued by a predecessor insurance firm." Here are three reports resulting from this discovery: information received from the insurers in response to the California legislature (May 2002), a registry by slave name, and a registry by slaveholder name. From the California Department of Insurance. http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0100-consumers/0300-public-programs/0200-slavery-era-insur/ Topics: Black Resources, Consumer Research & Advocacy, Finance, Labor, United States History Last updated Nov 5, 2005 Slavery in New York
This exhibit looks at the history of slavery in New York, spanning "the period from the 1600s to 1827, when slavery was legally abolished in New York State." Online galleries, featuring some of the images from the physical exhibit, explore different aspects of this "largely unknown chapter of the city's story." Includes maps, biographies, classroom materials, and a bibliography. From the New York Historical Society. http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jul 30, 2006 Slaves and the Courts 1740-1860
This searchable collection contains over a hundred items documenting legal cases "concerning the difficult and troubling experiences of African and African-American slaves in the American colonies and the United States." Materials include accounts from "some of the defendants and plaintiffs themselves as well as those of abolitionists, presidents, politicians, slave owners, fugitive and free territory slaves, lawyers and judges, and justices of the U.S. Supreme Court." From the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Crime, Judicial Process, Labor, United States History Last updated Feb 1, 2005 Territorial Kansas Online, 1854-1861
"Explore the turbulent times of 'Bleeding Kansas.' Hundreds of personal letters, diaries, photos, and maps bring to life the settling of Kansas during the fierce debate over slavery." Features topics such as territorial politics, border warfare, immigration, and biographies of historical figures. Document archives are accompanied by a timeline, bibliography, lesson plans, images of "The Annals of Kansas," and related links. Browsable and searchable. From the Kansas State Historical Society and the University of Kansas. http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, History, Labor, Lesson Plans, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Nov 2, 2005 The Underground Railroad
Explores the system that helped escaped African slaves in the United States to reach freedom safely. The site includes an interactive account of a runaway slave's trip, a map of escape routes, a timeline of slavery in the New World, and a section with portraits and short descriptions of abolitionists and civil rights leaders. Also includes educational activities for K-12 students, a discussion forum, and a list of resources and websites for further study. From National Geographic. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, United States History Last updated Feb 3, 2005 Voices From the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
Audio interviews of over twenty former slaves, "born between 1823 and the early 1860s, [who] discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom." Includes brief biographies, photographs, and songs. Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
This site provides access to four databases (Voyages, Estimates, Images, and African Names) with "information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages that forcibly embarked over 10 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries." Data includes summary statistics, timelines, graphs, and maps. Site also includes introductory essays, lesson plans, and links to related material. An Emory University Digital Library Research Initiative, with support from international partners. http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces Topics: Black Resources, United States History Last updated Dec 10, 2008 William Still Underground Railroad Foundation, Inc.
This site focuses "on protecting and insuring the accurate depiction of the historical events pertaining to the UGRR [Underground Railroad] and Anti-Slavery Society." Contains a biography of abolitionist William Still (author of "Underground Railroad"), an article about the Still family history, information about programs at the foundation, current events, biographies of other abolitionists, and links to other Web sites. http://www.undergroundrr.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Notable People, United States History Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Yale, Slavery & Abolition
This essay addresses the issue that while "three Yale leaders stand in a tradition of strong opposition to slavery. ... In the 1930s and 1960s, Yale chose to name most of its colleges after slave owners and pro-slavery leaders." Essay includes discussion of individuals with buildings named after them and of Yale abolitionists, a description of an effort to establish a "Negro" college in New Haven, Connecticut, and a bibliography. From three Yale Ph.D. candidates. http://www.yaleslavery.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, United States History Last updated Jan 14, 2004 |
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