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Home of the MonarchsKeywords
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Slavery in America
Underground Railroad
Amistad
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
King Cotton
Middle Passage
Transatlantic slave trade
Slave Trade
Emancipation ProclamationWebsites
301.45 326.7 302.45 382 323.4 382.4 325.2 917.3 326 973.7
Documenting the American South
http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/
University of North Carolina Library
Extensive collection of books, diaries, letters, portraits, that have been digitized and put on the Web. This is for the student who wants more than the surface story. Primary source documents available.Africans in America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
This is the Web site for the PBS series. There are four sections, organized by date: The Terrible Transformation, Revolution, Brotherly Love and Judgment Day.
Primary source documents available.African American Mosaic
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
This is part of the Library Of Congress American Memory collection. It is all primary sources. There is not extensive text. Most are images.John Brown’s Holy War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/index.html
The companion site for the PBS American Experience program. People, events, timeline, maps and additional information. Includes primary sources.Exploring Amistad
http://academic.sun.ac.za/forlang/bergman/real/amistad/history/msp/main_wel.htm
This is from Mystic Seaport, the Museum of America and the Sea.
Explores the revolt on a slave ship in 1839. I would suggest you start with the site map to get an idea of what is available. Includes primary sources.The Underground Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
This site is from National Geographic and is set up as if you are the slave. You make decisions as you go through the site. Areas can be accessed from a pull-down menu without participating in the journey activity.Secret Routes to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/undergroundrailroadexperience/
This site from The Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC) can be viewed with flash or html. The interactive maps are one of the better areas on the site. The text does not go into great detail.American Slave Narratives
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html
Full text online.Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/slav_fact.cfm?
Slave Facts
List format. Unfortunately there is not a bibliography to show where the facts came from. Interesting list of Fact/Myth statements.Encyclopedia of Slavery
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm
This site is from the Spartacus schoolnet site in the United Kingdom so the viewpoint is British. Extensive list of people, but also areas on slave life, the slave system and events.King Cotton
http://www.civilwarhome.com/kingcotton.htm
Information on how the cotton crop was worked by the slaves.Follow the Drinking Gourd -- The Underground Railroad and the Song
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/planetarium/ftdg1.htm
Interesting site that explains how the lyrics to the song told the path of escape.A Slave Ship Speaks
http://www.historical-museum.org/exhibits/hm/henmarie.htm
Historical Museum of Southern Florida examines the wreck of the Henrietta Marie, a slave ship.Lest we Forget: The Triumph over Slavery
http://digital.nypl.org/lwf/english/site/flash.html
Lots of information and pictures, but you have to do a lot of scrolling.The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americans: A Visual Record
http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/
All pictures. This include North and South America. There is no text to explain or interpret the pictures. This is a project of The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the University of Virginia Library.Biography of America
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog09/index.html
Slavery
From the video series by Learner.org.A House Divided – Speech by Abraham Lincoln, June 16, 1858
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/divided.htmThomas Jefferson: Plantation Life at Monticello: Slavery
http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/dayinlife/plantation/home.html
A rather glossed over look at slavery at the home of Thomas Jefferson. I'm not sure slaves would describe their lives as "humming with activity."Chronology on the History of Slavery
http://innercity.org/holt/slavechron.htmlHow Slavery Helped Build a World Economy
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0131_030203_jubilee2.html
National GeographicSlavery in America
http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/whats_new.htm
This links to a variety of resources. The interactive Roads to Freedom requires flash and sound.African American Resources from the Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/afroam.htmSlavery at Hampton
http://www.nps.gov/hamp/slavery.htm
From the Hampton National Historic SiteThe African American Experience at Stratford (home of Robert E. Lee)
http://www.stratfordhall.org/africa.htmlAnte-bellum slavery
http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/slavery/antebellum_slavery/non_plantation_slave_life/default.htm
Appears to be a student /class page. However, bibliographic resources are listed.Last day of Legalized Slavery
http://pages.prodigy.net/etsm/juneteenth_celebrating.htmSlavery in Oregon
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/slavery.htmlFree at Last: A Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom and the Civil War
http://www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen/falpg.htmFugitive Slave Act
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/fugitive.htmSearch Directories:
Yahoo: Wide variety of choices. Nicely Organized.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Subject/Slavery/Multnomah County Library Homework Center
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/aframhc.html#slavLibrarians Index to the Internet: Slavery
http://lii.org/search?m=p&query=slavery+history&searchtype=keywords
Links to a wide variety of sites on slavery.Books in the Mark Morris Library Media Center
301.45 Mel V.1-3 Milton Meltzer In Their Own Words 301.45 Lis Robert Liston Slavery in America 301.45 Yet Norman R. Yetman Life Under the “Peculiar Institution” 302.451 Cat William L. Katz Eyewitness: The Negro in American History 323.4 Wel Robert Weisbrot Freedom Bound 323.4 Wil Juan Williams Eyes On the Prize 325.2 Han Marcus Lee Hansen The Atlantic Migration 326 Bon Arna Bontemps Great Slave Narratives 326 Elk Stanley M. Elkins Slavery 326 Fur J.C. Furnas The Road to Harpers Ferry 326 Man Daniel P. Mannix Black Cargoes 326 Nev Frederic Bancroft Slave Trading in the Old South 326 Nic Charles H. Nichols Many Thousand Gone 326 Sta Kenneth M. Stampp The Peculiar Institution 326.0973 Apt Herbert Aptheker Abolitionism 326.7 Mck Eric L. McKitrick Slavery Defended 382 Ald Clifford L. Alderman Rum, Slaves, and Molasses 382.4 Kil David Killingray The Transatlantic Slave Trade 917.3 Cha Abraham Chapman Steal Away 920 Bon Anra Bontemps Great Slave Narratives 920 Jac William J. Jacobs Great Lives 920 My Belinda Hurmence My Folks Don't Want Me To Talk About Slavery 921 Brown John A. Scott John Brown of Harpers Ferry 921 Burns Virginia Hamilton Anthony Burns 921 Douglas Douglas T. Miller Frederic Douglas and the Fight for Freedom 921 Truth Nell I. Painter Sojourner Truth 921 Turner Terry Bisson Nat Turner R973 Harris The Black Book 973.7 William Dudley The Civil War 973.7 Gor Gena K. Gorrell North Star to Freedom 973.7 Has Jim Haskins Black, Blue, and Gray 973.7 Met Zak Mettger Till Victory is Won 973.7 Ste Monroe Stearns Shay’s Rebellion 973.7 Voi Milton Meltzer Voices From the Civil War 973.71 Tho John L. Thomas Slavery Attacked
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