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Slavery and the Slave Trade | Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia

Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry - Illinois Division of Insurance

Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry by name and owner from 6 of 1700 insurers in the state of Illinois - policies issued to slaveholders for death or damage of their slaves that it wrote either directly or through a predecessor corporation during the slavery era; by name and owner.

Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture and Law

Research the history of slavery in America and the world with this award-winning HeinOnline collection. Discover a multitude of essential legal and historical materials relating to the institution of slavery.

Slavery in Colonial Georgia | New Georgia Encyclopedia

Slavery in the North

History of African-American slavery in the northern colonies & states.

Slavery Law & Power in Early America and the British Empire

SlaveVoyages

The Trans-Atlantic and Intra-American slave trade databases are the culmination of several decades of independent and collaborative research by scholars drawing upon data in libraries and archives around the Atlantic world. The new SlaveVoyages website itself is the product of three years of development by a multi-disciplinary team of historians, librarians, curriculum specialists, cartographers, computer programmers, and web designers, in consultation with scholars of the slave trade from universities in Europe, Africa, South America, and North America.

Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage (SDUSMP)

A lineage society that is a non-profit, charitable 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the memory, education, and historic preservation of the artifacts and landmarks of slavery in the United States and its economic, psychological, and cultural impact on today's society.

South Carolina Enslaved and Free Persons and Slaveholders

This database is an ongoing project to index the names of enslaved persons and slaveholders in South Carolina. Each entry refers to the source of the information.

South Carolina: Barnwell County Enslaved and Free Persons and Slaveholders

The database currently contains information extracted from digitized images of the Inventories and Appraisal books of Barnwell County, SC. Search and organize enslaved persons and slaveholders.

South Carolina: Charleston Enslaved and Free Persons and Slaveholders

The database currently contains information extracted from digitized images of the Charleston, South Carolina Inventories, Appraisals and Sales Books. Search and organize enslaved persons and slaveholders.

South Carolina: Greenville County Enslaved and Free Persons, and Slaveholders

The database currently contains information extracted from digitized images of the Inventories and Appraisal books of Greenville, SC. Search and organize enslaved persons and slaveholders.

South Carolina: Laurens County Enslaved and Free Persons, and Slaveholders

The database currently contains information extracted from digitized images of the Inventories and Appraisals books of Laurens County, SC. Search and organize enslaved persons and slaveholders

South Carolina's Slave Heritage Uncovered in Nova Scotia

From the Augusta Chronicle.

St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project

St. Louis Probate Court Records Court Ordered Slave Sales

Research by Miel Wilson, Books C and D, and contemporary Newspaper Accounts and Advertisements Researched by Bob Moore.

Suing For Freedom In Kentucky

Website for two books about lawsuits for freedom filed by Kentucky slaves, with full name indices allowing family searches.

Take Them In Families…

This is the history of Casa Bianca Plantation in Monticello, FL. It includes a searchable database of 61 surnames and 394 individuals of those enslaved including MCGUIRE, NELSON, OWENS, PLEASANT, SANDERS, STRAWS, HUGGINS, THOMAS, WILLIAMS, BELLAMY . Stories of some of these families have been collected and are presented here. Also included is the history of the plantation which involved presidents, congressmen, a supreme court justice and other well-known names in American history.

Testimony of the Canadian Fugitives

Benjamin Drew, a Boston abolitionist acting in cooperation with officers of the Canadian Anti-Slavery Society, visited various towns of Upper Canada around the middle 1850's, interviewing scores of refugees from the slave states and copying their words soon after they were spoken.

Texas Runaway Slave Project - East Texas Digital Archives

The Texas Runaway Slave Project is a database of runaway slave advertisements, articles and notices from newspapers published in Texas, as well as materials from court records, manuscript collections, and books. It documents more than 2,500 fugitive slaves from Texas. The project is ongoing and new content is regularly added to the webpage.