Slavery

Resources in this category:

Africans In America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/

Africans in America is a site based on the documents provided in a PBS special of the same name. The site offers perspectives on slavery through four major eras, ranging from 1470 to 1865. For each era, historical narrative, a Resource Bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries, and a Teacher's Guide is provided.

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/

"Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and assembled and microfilmed in 1941 as the seventeen-volume Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves."

From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/

"Presents 397 pamphlets from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, published from 1824 through 1909, by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington."

The History of Jim Crow
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/

This website is intended to give a historical overview of a series of racist legislation called "Jim Crow Laws," that are responsible for the disfranchisement, segregation, and brutal violence experienced by Blacks in the South. The site is an extensive, extremely organized, and graphically stimulating resource that provides historical essays, personal narratives, images, and interactive learning modules for students and teachers.

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
http://www.freedomcenter.org/

This is the website for The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, which is a "living and learning center in Cincinnati offering lessons and reflections on the ongoing struggle for freedom." This museum traces the story of how slaves escaped from slavery and celebrates the historic efforts of the Underground Railroad. The Freedom Center also showcases "the efforts of modern day heroes--men and women from around the world." The website offers an insight into the exhibits, programs, research and interactive experiences.

Slavery: The Peculiar Institution
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart1.html

This online exhibit from the Library of Congress American Memory Project contains primary source materials related to the African slave trade and the history of slavery in America.

Slaves and the Courts: 1740-1860
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml/sthome.html

Part of the Library of Congress American Memory Project, this website has pamphlets and books (published between 1772 and 1889) about the "experiences of African and African-American slaves in the American colonies and the United States." It allows you to view the actual text and images from historical documents of this era.