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African American Mosaic: Exhibition containing introductory and in-depth information about the history and culture of black Americans. It includes sections on colonisation, the abolition of slavery, and migration with images and photographs.
Author: Library of Congress
Subjects: african americans, liberia, slavery
DeweyClass: 973.049
Resource type: documents, images, museum
African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship: Online exhibition tracing the African-American experience through nine chronological periods that document the path from slavery to the fight for civil and social equality in the twentieth century. Includes images of a wide range of rare books, manuscripts, government documents, sheet music, and photographs.
Author: Library of Congress
Subjects: african americans, slavery
DeweyClass: 973
Resource type: documents, images
American Literature: Biographies and commentaries on American authors and full text American literature. Subjects include Mark Twain, Negro Spirituals, Little Women and Slavery.
Author: University of Virginia
Subjects: american literature - general, slavery
DeweyClass: 810
Resource type: biography, documents
American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology: Annotated index providing access to narratives of interviews with former American slaves, given in the 1930s. Photographs are included, and many of the narratives have been taken from journals about slavery.
Author: Fort, Bruce
Subjects: african americans, slavery
DeweyClass: 326
Resource type: documents
Been Here So Long: Selections from the WPA American Slave Narrative: Collection of narratives from interviews with ex-slaves collected between 1936 and 1938 by journalists and writers employed by the Federal Writers Project. Also features lesson plans based on the narratives and links to online resources about American slavery.
Author: New Deal Network
Subjects: slavery
DeweyClass: 326
Resource type: documents
Beyond Face Value: Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency: Collection of bank note images depicting scenes of slavery in Civil War America. Material is organised alphabetically by state or according to activities associated with slave labour. Also contains an overview of the Civil War.
Author: US Civil War Center
Subjects: currency, slavery, united states civil war
DeweyClass: 326
Resource type: image collection
Chronology on the History of Slavery 1619 to 1789: Timeline of key events in the history of enslaved Americans of African descent in the years prior to the Emancipation Proclamation, with links to related resources.
Author: Becker, Eddie
Subjects: north american history, racism, slavery
DeweyClass: 326
Resource type: document, index
Excerpts from Slave Narratives: Link to transcriptions retelling experiences of slavery between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Information is gathered from both slave traders and slaves, and relates to aspects of capture, work, and social conditions, as well as the attitudes of society following the abolition of slavery.
Author: Mintz, Steven
Subjects: racism, slavery
DeweyClass: 326
Resource type: biographies
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: A collection of articles, images and tours providing an insight into the life of Frederick Douglass, an African American visionary who freed himself and numerous others from slavery.
Author: National Park Service
Subjects: slavery
DeweyClass: 326
Resource type: documents
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Full text of a book written by Harriet Jacobs under the pseudonym Linda Child, an escaped slave, first published in 1861.
Author: Jacobs, Harriet
Subjects: slavery
DeweyClass: 326
Resource type: non-fiction ebook
Intute: social sciences - slavery: Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources about slavery.
Author: Intute
Subjects: african americans, north american history, slavery
DeweyClass: 326
Resource type: index
Mystic Seaport: Online version of the musuem dedicated to maritime history covering immigration, whaling, pastimes such as boating and yachting, and events such as the Amistad Revolt of 1839-1842. The sea's inspiration on America's artists, writers, and musicians is also discussed.
Author: Mystic Seapot
Subjects: slavery
DeweyClass: 973.57
Resource type: documents, forum, images
Nineteenth Century Documents Project: Collection of transcripts from 19th century North America. There is an emphasis on speeches and events related to conflict and the reshaping of regional identities. Topics covered include slavery, politics and war.
Author: Furman University
Subjects: slavery, united states history to 1900
DeweyClass: 973.5
Resource type: document collection
South Carolina: African Americans - 1525-2001: Offers numerous original articles, books, eye witness accounts, and images pertaining to slavery in the US state of South Carolina. Provides the history of slavery from 1525 and traces the origins of African American culture and identity in South Carolina. Also provides detailed analyses of the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan and civil rights movements in the region.
Author: SCIway
Subjects: african americans, north american history, slavery, united states civil war
DeweyClass: 975.700496
Resource type: books, documents, index
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia: USA Slavery: Resources relating to slavery in the USA featuring an outline of the slave system, accounts of experiences, and key events in the development and abolition of slavery. Also offers biographies of anti-slavery campaigners in the USA and Britain.
Author: Spartacus Educational
Subjects: north american history, slavery
DeweyClass: 326
Resource type: biographies, documents
Story of Africa: Compiled by some of Africa's historians this resource recounts the history of the continent from an African perspective, investigating events and characters from the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid. Offers short essays, timelines, images, and audio/visual resources examining the influence of religion, slavery, colonialism and independence on African development. The resource is keyword searchable and is arranged by topic.
Author: BBC
Subjects: african studies, religious studies, slavery, world history
DeweyClass: 960
Resource type: articles, documents, images, sounds