LibGuides: History: 79-200: Introduction to Historical Research & Writing: The Slave Experience: Background

Background

American Slave Revolts and Conspiracies: a Reference Guide
Examines 10 representative revolts and offers narratives, primary materials, chronologies and biographies of participants. Also contains an annotated bibliography of print and online primary and secondary sources for students seeking material for research papers and projects, as well as an examination of fictional depictions of slave revolts in novels and film.
Atlantic Slave Trade (from Credo)
Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World
Examines every effort to end slavery in the United States and the transatlantic world. It focuses on massive, broad-based movements, as well as specific incidents, events, and developments, and pulls together in one place information previously available only in a wide variety of sources.
Historical Dictionary of Slavery and Abolition
Link is to online options. Also in print: HUNT STACKS-2 HT861 .K54 2014

Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, this database includes Africana, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895, Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present, Black Women in America, Second Edition, African American National Biography
Dictionary of African Biography, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought.

Topic page: Slavery (Credo)
Links to articles on slavery and related subjects in many encyclopedias.

History & Modern Languages Librarian

Charlotte Kiger Price

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On leave until Dec. 2023. For assistance in History, contact CMU Librarian Ashley Werlinich, liaison librarian for English, Drama, and temporary liaison for History. For assistance in Modern Languages, use our general feedback forms.

Subjects: History, Language & Linguistics, Religion, Women's Studies