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Slavery (39)
The Terrible Transformation
- Numerous articles tracing the origins of American slavery from the European incursion into Africa to mid 18th century America, maps, timelines, and illustrations.
Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade - Contains background texts, references and material on issues such as racism and reparations.
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition - Center at Yale University dedicated to the investigation and dissemination of knowledge concerning all aspects of chattel slavery and its destruction.
Ignatius Sancho: African Man of Letters - A comprehensive introduction to the life and work of an 18th century slave, and his achievements in London; includes a biography, extracts from his writing, images, links, music, and bibliography,
Olaudah Equiano - Excerpts from Equiano's slave autobiography, a best-seller of the 18th century that had a major impact on English and American public opinion.
Quobna Ottobah Cugoano :: a Former Slave Speaks Out - An introduction to the author of the first substantial anti-slavery text written in English by an African. Includes a biography, extracts from his writing, images, links, and a bibliography.
Race and Slavery in the Middle East - Two chapters on the roots of African slavery, specifically in the Middle eastern region, by Bernard Lewis, Oxford University Press.
The Roots of American Slavery - Bibliographical essay by Philip J. Schwarz, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Slave Movement during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries - This site provides access to raw data and documentation on a variety of slave trade topics from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Slavery, Abolition, and Emancipation - Resources including slave narratives, biographies of abolitionists, images, poetry, links, and further readings.
Slavery and Abolition: A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies - Journal covering demographic, social, economic, historical and psychological aspects of slavery and its eradication from the ancient period to the present.
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