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History - Slavery and the Slave Trade

Library and Internet resources that may be useful for doing research on the history of slavery and the slave trade.

Digital Collections

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938
Documenting the American South: First Person Narratives of the American South
Harriet Jacobs' Autobiography
North American Slave Narratives
Slave Life in the Americas: a Visual Record
Over 1,000 digital images from the period of slavery
Slave Narratives and Uncle Tom's Cabin