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Where slavery is a legal practice, slaves may be held under the control of another person, group, organization, or state. The legal designation of slavery is rare, as most societies consider slavery to be illegal, and persons held as in such condition are considered by authorities to be victims of unlawful imprisonment.
A specific form, known as chattel slavery, is defined by the absolute legal ownership of a person or persons by another person or state, including the legal right to buy and sell them just as one would any common object.
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The Terrible Transformation - Numerous articles tracing the origins of American slavery from the European incursion into Africa to mid 18th century America, maps, timelines, and illustrations.
Slavery - Annotated guide to historical Web sites and online lesson plans on U.S. slavery aimed at history teachers and students.
Abolitionist - Documents and articles on the abolition of slavery in the U.S., including text of 19th-century speeches and some contemporary material.
African American Voices - Collection of articles with quotations from primary source documents on the history and experience of slavery by Steven Mintz, University of Houston.
Meta Description: [ Digital History enhances history teaching and research through primary sources, an online textbook, extensive reference resources, and interactive materials. ]
African-American Women - Slave letters offering firsthand glimpses into the lives of female slaves and their relationships with their owners, from Duke University Library’s Special Collections.
Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade - Contains background texts, references and material on issues such as racism and reparations.
Meta Description: [ Companion web site to the novel Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade by Manu Herbstein ]
American Slavery - A Composite Autobiography - The authoritative collection of WPA slave narratives.
Antislavery Literature Project - Digitized texts and resources on antislavery literature of all kinds, from the U.S. and other countries, reflecting impact of antislavery writing on development of U.S. society.
Black Seminole Slave Rebellion: Toolkit of facts - Guide to facts, primary and secondary sources on the slave rebellion led by Black Seminoles in Florida from 1835-1838, documenting claim it was the largest slave revolt in U.S. history.
Meta Description: [ Quick facts for skeptics and others who want to learn more about the largest slave revolt in U.S. history. ]
Captive Passage - The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of Americas - Tells the epic maritime story of how enslaved Africans were transported from the coasts of Africa to American shores.
Chronology on the History of Slavery and Racism - Timeline on role of slavery and racism in American History from 17th-20th centuries, with footnotes to primary and secondary sources.
Classics on American Slavery - Collection of scholarly books and articles on American slavery, published before 1923.
Death or Liberty: Gabriel, Nat Turner and John Brown - Exploration of three 19th-century events in Virginia that focused America's attention on slavery: Gabriel's Conspiracy, Nat Turner's Rebellion, and John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry.
Exploring Amistad - Primary documents on the Amistad slave ship rebellion in the U.S., presented with historical essays, teaching suggestions, images, and avenues for further exploration.
Meta Description: [ Exploring Amistad brings together an unprecedented compendium of primary historical documents about the Amistad incident along with contextual materials, teaching ideas, and opportunities for feedback and discussion. Exploring Amistad invites visitors to become witnesses and detectives, searching... ]
Fortune's Story - The story of Fortune was an African American man enslaved in a Connecticut farming community, in Waterbury, includes curriculum materials and student activities.
Meta Description: [ Fortune was an African American man enslaved in Waterbury, a Connecticut farming community, in the 18th century. This is the story of his life, the world he lived in, and what happened to his skeleton after he died.
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From Africa to America - Describes African background of black Americans, examines the nature of slavery, and traces the history of some free blacks during the time of slavery, includes notable biographies.
Meta Description: [ From Africa to America. The story of the forced migration of black Africans to the New World. Focus upon African American ancestry in West Africa, the slave trade and slave revolts, free blacks before the civil war, and biographies of African American heroes before the Civil War. ]
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition - Center at Yale University dedicated to the investigation and dissemination of knowledge concerning all aspects of chattel slavery and its destruction.
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How the Cradle of Liberty Became a Slave-Owning Nation - Article by Susan DeFord, Washington Post.
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience - Resource for scholars and general audiences offering historical narratives, 8,300 illustrations and more than 60 maps, with three detailed sections on U.S. slavery.
North American Slave Narratives - Collection of all narratives of fugitive and former slaves published in English up to 1920 and many related biographies, from University of North Carolina's Documenting the American South.
Olaudah Equiano - Excerpts from Equiano's slave autobiography, a best-seller of the 18th century that had a major impact on English and American public opinion.
Self Determination Committee - Informational on slavery and the slave trade, includes archives, reparations information, and documents.
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Slave Badges - Preview of and supplement to the book, Slave Badges and the Slave-Hire System in Charleston, 1783-1865.
Meta Description: [ Used only in Charleston, SC, 1783-1865, slave badges provide a unique perspective on the history of slavery.
Slave Movement during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries - This site provides access to raw data and documentation on a variety of slave trade topics from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Slave Voices - Links to original source materials, hundreds of organized pictures and graphics which tell the story of American slavery from the slaves' perspective.
Slavery - The Peculiar Institution - Exhibit that explores the methods used by Africans and their American-born descendants to resist enslavement, as well as to demand emancipation and full participation in American society.
Slavery and Abolition: A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies - Journal covering demographic, social, economic, historical and psychological aspects of slavery and its eradication from the ancient period to the present.
Slavery in the North - Douglas Harper describes the growth, end, and consequences of slaveholding in the Northern colonies of what became the United States.
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Slavery in the Roman Empire: Numbers and Origins - Scholarly article by John Madden analyzing the sources of slaves in Ancient Rome.
Slavery in the United States - Jenny B. Wahl of Carleton College describes the spread of slaveholding, its legal, social, and economic underpinnings, with graphs and tables of statistics.
Meta Description: [ economic history encyclopedia ]
Slavery In the Western Hemisphere - Multimedia textbook by students at Coral Gables High School covering slavery in British America and the United States.
Slavery, Abolition, and Emancipation - Resources including slave narratives, biographies of abolitionists, images, poetry, links, and further readings.
Meta Description: [ Resources for the study of slavery, abolition, and emancipation in Britain and its colonies ]
The African American - A Journey from Slavery to Freedom - Collection of articles summarizing American slavery, includes timelines, biographies and links published by the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Long Island University.
The Dred Scott Case - The disposition of the case, and its infamous ruling, contributed to the tensions leading to the Civil War.
Meta Description: [ University Libraries - Washington University in St. Louis ]
The Roots of American Slavery - Bibliographical essay by Philip J. Schwarz, Virginia Commonwealth University.
The USF Africana Heritage Project - Search for records that document the names and lives of slaves, freedpersons and their descendants.
Meta Description: [ The Africana Heritage Project, sponsored by the Africana Studies department at the University of South Florida, is dedicated to rediscovering records of African American history, genealogy and culture, and offers free access to a searchable archive of slave, plantation and Freedmen's Bureau recor... ]
Voices from the Days of Slavery, Audio Interviews - Sound recordings of former slaves describing their lives, from the Library of Congress.
Meta Description: [ The Voices from the Days of Slavery Collection provides sound recordings of former slaves describing their lives. The former slaves discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, how slaves were coerced, their families, and freedom. Those interviewed spoke sixty or more years after the end of... ]
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience - Resource for scholars and general audiences offering historical narratives, 8,300 illustrations and more than 60 maps, with three detailed sections on U.S. slavery.
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