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History : American: Primary Sources: 19th c.
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for American history. Also see the African American & Asian American history guides.
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DAACS :: Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery
Digital Library on American Slavery
Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade
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Friend of Man 1836-1842
From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909
Geography of Slavery in Virginia
Liberator Files 1831-1865
Lost Friends: Advertisements from the Southwestern Christian Advocate
Lydia Maria Child Papers, 1831-1894
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Nat Turner Project
New York Slavery Records Index
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Northeast Slavery Records Index
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Revised Dred Scott Case Collection
Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society Papers, 1848-1868
Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection
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Slave Voyages: The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database
Texas Slavery Project
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War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
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