Introduction to U.S. History: Slavery in America
This project documents key aspects of the history of slavery in America from its origins in Africa to its abolition, including materials on the slave trade, plantation life, emancipation, pro-slavery and anti-slavery arguments, the religious views on slavery, etc.
In addition to contextual essays and highlighted documents regarding the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad, the Secession, and the Fifteenth Amendment, this digital archive provides access to a wide variety of documents: personal narratives, pamphlets, addresses, political speeches, monographs, sermons, plays, songs, as well as poetic and fictional works published between the 17th and late 19th centuries.