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Genealogy and Family History of Enslavement (YouTube)

By Jacquelyn Wright Palmer, PhD | TEDxDayton.

Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California | ACLU NorCal

In observation of the four centuries that have passed since the enslavement of people of African descent in the United States in 1619, this website examines an under-reported slice of California’s unique racial legacy – one tarnished by the unlawful and inhumane treatment of Black and Indigenous people.

Library of Congress - Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938

Library of Congress - Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories

The recordings of former slaves in Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine states. Twenty-two interviewees discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom.

Living with the Hydra - The Documentation of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Federal Records (NARA)

New Orleans Slave Sale Data, 1856 - 1861

New York Historical Society Museum & Library - Slavery Collection, 1709-1864

Newspapers.com - Discover Enslaved People in the Newspapers - Free Access ^FREE

Newspapers were an important source of information during the period of American slavery, containing advertisements for the buying and selling of enslaved people, notices about escaped slaves, and other relevant information.

Records that pertain to American Slavery and the International Slave Trade

The following is information found in the records of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. For further insight, see Walter B. Hill Jr.'s Prologue article on the topic.

Slavery’s Descendants - The ancestral ties to slaveholding of today’s political elite

At a time of renewed debate over slavery and its legacy, many of today’s U.S. leaders have staked key positions on policies related to race. Reuters sought to determine how many of those political elites descend from slaveholders, and what it means for them to learn – in personal, specific and sometimes graphic ways – the facts behind their own family’s part in slavery.