Slavery in the United States: Primary Sources and the Historical Record (Student Materials)
Photographs and excerpts of reports from Library of Congress's collection.
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Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938
More than 2,300 first-person accounts and 500 photos of former enslaved people collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP).
Slavery and the making of America
Primary sources organized by themes, such a living conditions; religion; education, arts, and culture; and men, women, and gender.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
"This HeinOnline collection brings together, for the first time, all known legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery. Our cases go into the 20th century, because long after slavery was ended, there were still court cases based on issues emanating from slavery. . . ."
"We have provided more than a thousand pamphlets and books on slavery from the 19th century. We have also included many modern histories of slavery. Within this library is a section containing all modern law review articles on the subject. This library will continue to grow, not only from new scholarship but also from historical material that we continue to locate and add to the collection."
African American Studies Primary Sources,
Primary source guide on slave trade contains legal documentation, ship manifests, corporate information, and variety of other documents concerning the industry of slavery.
Union College/Schaffer Library
List of primary sources and other websites, with several collections relating to early antislavery movements.
Documenting the American South
North American Slave Narratives
Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative sponsored by the University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. it Includes sixteen thematic collections of primary sources for the study of southern history, literature, and culture.
Digital Public Library of America (DLPA)
Primary source set include documents, photographs, artwork, and maps that tell the story of the slave trade and its impact.
About Ancestry.com's Articles of Enslavement Collection:
"Ancestry announced the publication and free availability of a new collection of newspaper articles containing details on more than 183,000 formerly enslaved people. The new collection will help descendants of previously enslaved people in the U.S. discover more about their families. They also serve as an important resource for understanding the forced movement of enslaved people in the United States and the actions that they took to seek freedom."
From the Collection:
"Go back in time to follow the lives of over 100,000 enslaved people in 19th-century North America. Search thousands of free newspaper articles published before and after the Emancipation Proclamation and get a rare glimpse into the stories of a community on the brink of freedom.
"Search details like name, location, or other keywords to see postings about your enslaved ancestors that appeared in printed publications before the 1900s.
"Or explore the collection on Newspapers.com for a historical and contextual understanding of the times."
Please find more information below.
Letter from Vilet Lester to her Former Owner Patsey Patterson
