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Texas Slavery Project

Database of slave and slaveholder populations in Texas during the Republic era (1837-45).

The African Slave Trade

A selection of cases from the Records of the U.S. District Courts in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

The Beyond Kin Project - Descendants of slaveowners, do we still hold a key?

Genealogists who descend from slaveholders (SHs) are uniquely positioned to revolutionize genealogy for their African American colleagues.

The Geography of Slavery in Virginia

Digital collection of advertisements for runaway slaves, captured slaves & servants in 18th- & 19th-century Virginia newspapers. Over 4000 advertisements for runaway slaves and indentured servants from newspapers in Virginia & Maryland from 1736-1803. Keyword searchable database.

The History Guy: Slave Rebellions and Uprisings in the U.S.

The National Archives - Slavery and the British transatlantic slave trade $

The Revised Dred Scott Case Collection

From the Washington University Libraries and the Missouri State Archives.

The Sixteen Largest American Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules

The sixteen largest county slaveholders in the 1860 US Census, holding at least 500 slaves in any one county.

The Underground Rail Road: A Record Of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating The Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes, And Death Struggles Of The Slaves In Their Efforts for Freedom

A book by William Still.

The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation

The Wessyngton Plantation was established in 1796 by Joseph Washington 1770-1848, a cousin of President Washington. By 1860 Wessyngton encompassed more than 15,000 acres and held 274 slaves there. Names associated with the plantation include: WASHINGTON, CHEATHAM, BLOW, GREEN, WHITE, WILLIAMS, TERRY, LEWIS, SCOTT, and GARDNER. I have traced all the families from this plantation (descendants of the plantation owners and the enslaved population). A detailed history of the plantation can also be found in my book The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom.

Third Person, First Person: Slave Voices from the Special Collections Library

Broadside Collection, Special Collections Library, Duke University.

Travel the Amistad Freedom-Seeking Story, Connecticut (U.S. National Park Service)

University of Chicago Library - Guide to the Slavery and Indentured Servitude Collection 1752-1864

University of Maryland Libraries - Slavery & Freedom in Maryland

Virginia Museum of History & Culture - Unknown No Longer

Biographical details of enslaved Virginians from unpublished historical records in its collections.

Virginia Runaways

Runaway slave advertisements from 18th-century Virginia newspapers.

Voices from the Days of Slavery, Audio Interviews (American Memory from the Library of Congress)

The almost seven hours of recorded interviews presented here took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine Southern states. Twenty-three interviewees, born between 1823 and the early 1860s, discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom.

Wake County Enslaved Persons Project

The Enslaved Persons Project is a collaborative endeavor between the University of North Carolina Greensboro Libraries , North Carolina Division of Archives and Records , Wake County Register of Deeds and Shaw University . The goal is to create a centralized database of information about formerly enslaved people contained in bills of sale from Wake County.