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Slavery and the Making of America
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Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series "documenting
the history of American
slavery from its beginnings in the British
colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction."
Historical overviews, personal narratives, character spotlights, images, and other materials
highlight various aspects of the lives of slaves, such as family, religion, and living conditions.
Includes educational materials and related reading, film and TV resources, and Web sites.
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Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery
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Mouse over the pictures at the bottom to access information.
An online exhibit that presents an overview of the transatlantic slave
trade and "enslaved African peoples in the Americas." The site features illustrated essays on the
history of the slave trade, the struggle against
slavery and its abolition, family life,
religion, literacy and education, and culture. From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black
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ABC Clio Database
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Type in slavery as a search term |
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United States National Slavery Museum
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The interactive section may help you.
The site presents some facts about
slavery and slaves, images of artifacts, and
news about events, as well as plans for the museum, including the need for such a museum, and its
mission. Also includes brief information about the museum's founder, former Virginia governor L.
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Slavery Pamphlet Collection
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A collection of about four hundred pamphlets "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." From the
American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.
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Voices from the Days of Slavery
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Audio interviews of over twenty former slaves, "born between 1823 and the
early 1860s, [who] discuss how they felt about
slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves,
their families, and freedom." Includes brief biographies, photographs, and songs. Searchable and
browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress
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Look Back, Ponder, and Move On
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This online exhibit explores how "during those 150 fateful years African
Americans had gone from being bondspeople to citizens of the American Republic." The site features
images and information about antebellum Savannah, Georgia, the Civil War era, and reconstruction.
Topics include Gullah culture, Muslims in coastal Georgia, and education. From the King-Tisdell
Cottage Foundation.
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Born in
Slavery: Slave Narratives
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This site has a collection of "more than 2,300 first-person accounts of
slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of
former slaves" collected as part of the Federal Writers' Project during the Depression. It was
originally published as the seventeen-volume "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of
Slavery in the United States from Interviews
with Former Slaves" (1941). Search by keyword or browse the narratives and photographs. From the
American Memory Project, Library of Congress.
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