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Researching African American Slavery

8906 Researching African American Slavery Research Databases and Resources for Slavery
What sources supplied the data for the book? This page details some important archives for the study of slavery and the relationship between African American slavery and nineteenth-century capitalism.

There are several excellent resources with links to online databases. Among the best is Yale's Slavery and Abolition Porthole, which includes descriptions and links to many sites outside of Yale University. Another is Brown University's Researching Slavery and the Slave Trade, which includes links and descriptions.


 

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  1. Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815-1860 Calvin Schermerhorn
  2. Introduction Calvin Schermerhorn

Contents of this path:

  1. Slave Ships: National Archives Slave Manifests, New Orleans, 1807-1860
  2. Slave Ships: New Orleans Manifests, 1818-1860
  3. The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas
  4. New Orleans Notarial Archive
  5. Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy
  6. Slavery Era Insurance Registry
  7. Unknown No Longer: Virginia Slave Names

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