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The trans-Atlantic slave trade |
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The slave trade as an aspect of western imperial and economic expansion in both Africa and America |
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General Sites |
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Spartacus Encyclopaedia - comprehensive site on all aspects of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Includes many first hand accounts of slaves and abolishonists. |
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Timeline of events in trans-Atlantic slave trade |
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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 |
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African (1789) - excerpts from this autobiography of a former slave |
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The history of slavery A really comprehensive set of links on slavery and abolition from Stanford University Library |
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A chronology of slavery A detailed and scholarly chronology of slavery and abolition from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. |
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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. |
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Plan of a ship for transporting slaves - from PBS .org |
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Slavery and the slave trade in Britain - From the Northwestern University |
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The slave trade as an aspect of western imperial and economic expansion in both Africa and America |
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African slave trade and European Imperialism timeline - good site from Central Oregon Community College, slavery from an African Studies point of view |
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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. |
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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. |
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The economic, social and political impact of the slave trade on indigenous peoples |
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Slave trade: a root of contemporary African crisis - article from African Economic Analysis Journal |
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The impact of the slave trade on Africa - from French journal Le Monde Diplomatique |
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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Provides statistics on the volume of the Atlantic slave trade and briefly discusses the culture of the African diaspora. |
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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. |
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Plantation Records- An explanation of the various records kept by plantation owners |
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The plantation system - from Spartacus Encyclopaedia |
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The plantation system and it's role in shaping the poor white population of the South |
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Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade in the US - from the Trade Environment Database run by the American University, Washington DC. A legal viewpoint |
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American Abolitionists - good profiles of well known US abolitionists |
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"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 |
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Abolition - comprehensive site from African-American Mosaic |
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Abolition and Slavery from the United States Civil War Centre |
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United States Civil War Centre - very comprehensive site of information and links on the US Civil War |