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This site is an extensive collection of multimedia materials concerning Harriet Beecher Stowes as an American cultural... see more
An attempt to quantify the demographic impact of the Atlantic slave trade on African regions, allowing users to set and... see more
This site is a companion to the Public Broadcasting Company series, "Africans in America." It traces the history of... see more
This web site is associated with a literature course at WMU. It includes essays about literature and historical texts... see more
The 1,280 images in this collection have been selected from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period... see more
This web site focuses on national popular political culture in antebellum America. It includes background articles on the... see more
Tangled Roots is a research project about the shared history of African Americans and Irish Americans. The purpose of the... see more
An exploration of the role of the city of Bristol in the Atlantic slave trade, focusing on teaching and touching upon... see more
This web site explores the famous revolt on the slave ship "The Amistad" and "how we make history of it." It provides a... see more
This web-based educational role-playing game simulates the experience of fugitive slaves in the American South before the... see more
Features the volume America and Other Poems (1853) by African American poet James M. Whitfield in digital image and... see more
According to the site, "Faculty members from across City University of New York campuses have worked together to create... see more
Web guide to primary source materials on the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860 - 1877 online at the Library of Congress,... see more
The Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library at UNC (Chapel Hill) is presenting 1 document per day that is 150... see more
The Lost Museum is an interactive re-creation of P. T. Barnums American Museum, circa 1865. Barnums Museum,... see more
This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more
The story of John Horse and the Black Seminoles has been largely untold, but according to Professor Amy Sturgis of Signum... see more
This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more
This site presents a general overrview of the nature of slavery in the southern United States, drawing upon actual... see more
Digitized resources that support the field of African Studies.
This is a stand alone lesson that uses Crane Brinton’s theory of Common Causes of Revolutions to compare the common... see more
This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more
"Still Casting Shadows: A Shared Mosaic of U.S. History" breaks with tradition by presenting a holistic (rather than a... see more
Visualizing Emancipation is a map of slavery’s end during the American Civil War. It finds patterns in the collapse of... see more