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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.

What are Primary Sources?

Finding Primary Sources
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Slavery and Abolition

All Slave-Keepers That keep the Innocent in Bondage, Apostates...
Benjamin Lay's text, written in 1737, is one of the first anti-slavery texts published in America. He alienated people by his unrelenting drive and eccentric behavior. But he had a great influence in moving the Society of Friends to renounce slavery.
Declaration of the Anti-slavery Convention assembled in Philadelphia, December 4, 1833

Quakers and Slavery Online Exhibit
Haverford and Swarthmore College libraries prepared an exhibit in conjunction with the 300th anniversary of the ending of the slave trade. The website includes digitized primary sources, brief thematic essays, and membership lists fro anti-slavery organizations. Pages include multiple links to related materials.