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• Society: Ethnicity: African: African-American: History (121)
• Society: History: By Region: North America (2,518)
• Society: History: By Region: North America: United States: Wars: Civil War (676)
• Society: History: By Time Period: Nineteenth Century: Underground Railroad (14)

• Abolitionist - Documents and articles on the abolition of slavery in the U.S., including text of 19th-century speeches and some contemporary material.
• African-American Women - Slave letters offering firsthand glimpses into the lives of female slaves and their relationships with their owners, from Duke University Library’s Special Collections.
• American Slavery - A Composite Autobiography - The authoritative collection of WPA slave narratives.
• Antislavery Literature Project - Digitized texts and resources on antislavery literature of all kinds, from the U.S. and other countries, reflecting impact of antislavery writing on development of U.S. society.
• Best of History Web Sites: U.S. History: South & Slavery - Annotated guide to historical Web sites and online lesson plans on U.S. slavery aimed at history teachers and students.
• Black Seminole Slave Rebellion: Toolkit of facts - Guide to facts, primary and secondary sources on the slave rebellion led by Black Seminoles in Florida from 1835-1838, documenting claim it was the largest slave revolt in U.S. history.
• Chronology on the History of Slavery and Racism - Timeline on role of slavery and racism in American History from 17th-20th centuries, with footnotes to primary and secondary sources.
• Death or Liberty: Gabriel, Nat Turner and John Brown - Exploration of three 19th-century events in Virginia that focused America's attention on slavery: Gabriel's Conspiracy, Nat Turner's Rebellion, and John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry.
• Dred Scott v. Sandford - Contains the text of the Supreme Court case and primary source materials from the online collections of the Library of Congress.
• Fortune's Story - The story of Fortune was an African American man enslaved in a Connecticut farming community, in Waterbury, includes curriculum materials and student activities.
• How the Cradle of Liberty Became a Slave-Owning Nation - Article by Susan DeFord, Washington Post.
• In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience - Resource for scholars and general audiences offering historical narratives, 8,300 illustrations and more than 60 maps, with three detailed sections on U.S. slavery.
• North American Slave Narratives - Collection of all narratives of fugitive and former slaves published in English up to 1920 and many related biographies, from University of North Carolina's Documenting the American South.
• Slave Badges - Preview of and supplement to the book, Slave Badges and the Slave-Hire System in Charleston, 1783-1865.
• Slave Voices - Links to original source materials, hundreds of organized pictures and graphics which tell the story of American slavery from the slaves' perspective.
• Slavery - The Peculiar Institution - Exhibit that explores the methods used by Africans and their American-born descendants to resist enslavement, as well as to demand emancipation and full participation in American society.
• Slavery in the North - Douglas Harper describes the growth, end, and consequences of slaveholding in the Northern colonies of what became the United States.
• Slavery in the United States - Jenny B. Wahl of Carleton College describes the spread of slaveholding, its legal, social, and economic underpinnings, with graphs and tables of statistics.
• The Dred Scott Case - The disposition of the case, and its infamous ruling, contributed to the tensions leading to the Civil War.
• The USF Africana Heritage Project - Search for records that document the names and lives of slaves, freedpersons and their descendants.
• Voices from the Days of Slavery, Audio Interviews - Sound recordings of former slaves describing their lives, from the Library of Congress.

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