University of Kwazulu-Natal

Libguides Slavery In The Americas 16th Through 19th Centuries

Bonisiwe Shabane
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libguides slavery in the americas 16th through 19th centuries

"Primary sources are original records created at the time historical events occurred or well after events in the form of memoirs and oral histories. Primary sources may include letters, manuscripts, diaries, journals, newspapers, speeches, interviews, memoirs, documents produced by government agencies such as Congress or the Office of the President, photographs, audio recordings, moving pictures or video recordings,... These sources serve as the raw material to interpret the past, and when they are used along with previous interpretations by historians, they provide the resources necessary for historical research." From the American Library... William Cronon of the University of Wisconsin-Madison created this excellent guide to primary document research: Learning to Do Historical Research: A Primer for Environmental Historians and Others African American Oral Histories of Slaves are accessible online from: Library of Congress, American Memory Project, Born in Slavery

Documenting the American South: North American Slave Narratives Brown University Library | Providence, RI 02912 | (401) 863-2165 | Contact | Comments | Library Feedback | Site Map Specific enslaved persons' narratives, in print, electronic, and other formats, can be discovered in Orbis by using the name of the enslaved person as an author and as a subject heading. Additional resources can be discovered in Orbis using subject headings such as the following: P.O. BOX 208240 New Haven, CT 06250-8240 (203) 432-1775

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Accessibility Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Giving Privacy and Data Use Contact Our Web Team Full text of more than 12,000 printed works, including lesser known imprints published from the early 16th to the early 20th century. American Broadsides and Ephermera, Series I American History and Culture Online - Sabin Americana Digital Archive Digital library of works written or published in the United States, as well as items printed elsewhere, that document the history of the Americas from 1492 to the mid-1800s.

Based on Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana. Primary sources from African Americans actively involved in the movement to end slavery in the United States between 1830 and 1865. Have a question? Need assistance? Use our online form to ask a librarian for help. Chat with a librarian, Monday through Friday, 12-4pm Eastern Time (except Federal Holidays).

The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of primary source materials lated to slavery, including photographs, documents, and sound recordings. Provided below is a link to the home page for each relevant digital collection along with selected highlights. Ikeda Library • 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 • 949-480-4205 • library@soka.edu • © 2021 Soka University of America Correspondence of the Secretary of the Navy relating to African Colonization, 1819-1844 Consists mainly of copies of letters sent by the Secretary of the Navy to agents of the United States stationed on the northwest coast of Africa for the purpose of receiving blacks freed by... Records of the American Colonization Society

Founded in 1817, the American Colonization Society sought to resolve the problem of slavery in America by helping African-Americans to return to Africa. The records of the ACS are available through interlibrary loan from the Center for Research Libraries. Bibliography of Slavery and World Slaving (1900+)

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