The trans-Atlantic slave trade

The slave trade as an aspect of western imperial and economic expansion in both Africa and America
The economic, social and political impact of the slave trade on indigenous peoples
The role of the plantation owners in the slave trade
The fight for the abolition of the slave trade

 General Sites

Spartacus Encyclopaedia - comprehensive site on all aspects of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Includes many first hand accounts of slaves and abolishonists.

Timeline of events in trans-Atlantic slave trade

Studies in the world history of slavery, abolition and emancipation - online journal presented by H-net (Humanities and Social Sciences online) at Michigan State University

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African (1789) - excerpts from this autobiography of a former slave

The history of slavery A really comprehensive set of links on slavery and abolition from Stanford University Library

A chronology of slavery A detailed and scholarly chronology of slavery and abolition from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

Excerpts from Slave Narratives Steven Mintz of the University of Houston has provided an extremely useful selection from the most famous slave narratives of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Plan of a ship for transporting slaves - from PBS .org

Slavery and the slave trade in Britain - From the Northwestern University

The slave trade as an aspect of western imperial and economic expansion in both Africa and America

African slave trade and European Imperialism timeline - good site from Central Oregon Community College, slavery from an African Studies point of view

European Role in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Trade links across the world - Resource explores issues related to the slave trade on both sides of the Atlantic. Read about the New World's sugar economy.

The economics of the African slave trade - A brief examination of the economics of slave trade and its effect on the development of global capitalism.

 The economic, social and political impact of the slave trade on indigenous peoples

Slave trade: a root of contemporary African crisis - article from African Economic Analysis Journal
African political ethics and the slave trade: Central African dimensions - an essay by John Thornton of Millersville University, Pennsylvania

The impact of the slave trade on Africa - from French journal Le Monde Diplomatique

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Provides statistics on the volume of the Atlantic slave trade and briefly discusses the culture of the African diaspora.

West Africa Review - Thoughts on the Slave Trade - Article examines the role Africans played in the Atlantic slave trade and discusses the issues surrounding a formal apology for slavery.

The role of the plantation owners in the slave trade

Plantation Records- An explanation of the various records kept by plantation owners

The plantation system - from Spartacus Encyclopaedia

Plantation life in Louisiana -

The plantation system and it's role in shaping the poor white population of the South

The plantation system and indentured servitude -

The fight for the abolition of the slave trade

Society for the abolition of the slave trade

1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act

1833 Abolition of Slavery Act

Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade in the US - from the Trade Environment Database run by the American University, Washington DC. A legal viewpoint

American Abolitionists - good profiles of well known US abolitionists

"Hall, James, M.D., "Abolition of the Slave Trade of Gallinas." In Annual Report, The American Colonization Society, vol 33 (1850), pp. 33-36. - text of this article

Abolition - comprehensive site from African-American Mosaic

Abolition and Slavery from the United States Civil War Centre

United States Civil War Centre - very comprehensive site of information and links on the US Civil War