Resource Guides: History: HTY 341: History of American Slavery

Librarian Notes

The links on this page are intended for use by students in Seth Wigderson's Spring 2017 class, HTY 341, History of American Slavery. In addition you may find many resources online via OneSearch, or the URSUS library catalog. If you want to browse the library shelves in-person, try looking in the following sections, the E section in general, particularly the ranges of E184, E441-E453, among others.

Recommended Databases

American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography This link opens in a new window
Between 1936 and 1938, the WPA Federal Writers' Project hired field workers to collect the life histories of former slaves. Transcripts for 2,000 interviews, from seventeen states, were then compiled by the Library of Congress. The collection and the index are now searchable online.
Slavery in America and the world : history, culture & law This link opens in a new window
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law is a HeinOnline collection that brings together a multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.

Books & Reference resources at UMA

URSUS Catalog Search results for UMA books on American Slavery

Atlas of African-American History by James Ciment
Call Number: AUG Ref E185 .C55 2007
Black Women in America (2nd Ed) by Darlene Clark Hine
Call Number: AUG Ref E185.86 .B542 2005 (v.1-3)
The Negro Almanac: A Reference Work on the African American by Henry Ploski & James Williams, eds.
Call Number: AUG Ref E185 .N385 1989