Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007

This resource is designed as an important portal for slavery and abolition studies, bringing together documents and collections covering an extensive time period 1490-2007, from libraries and archives across the Atlantic world. Close attention is being given to the varieties of slavery, the legacy of slavery, the social justice perspective and the continued existence of slavery today.

For forthcoming additions to the Slavery Portal, please see our newsletter update (PDF document, 14 pages).

The project offers:

•  High quality greyscale images of many thousands of original manuscripts, pamphlets, books, paintings, maps and images not available elsewhere. Some illustrative content is provided in full colour.

•  A powerful portal with links to other significant online sources approved by leading scholars. These international sites are a very important aspect of this resource.

•  A series of contextual essays by leading authorities from around the world. Each essay will have hypertext links to the primary sources it discusses.

It is designed for both teaching and research use. Material added in 2008 and 2009 will focus on:

•  Education and Social Justice

•  The Day Law in Kentucky

•  Brazil

•  African forts and the Gold Coast

•  Urban Slavery in New York and Philadelphia

•  Slave cases decided in the Supreme Courts of Georgia and North Carolina

•  Local court records relating to slavery for both Georgia and North Carolina

•  Slave testimony

•  the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania

•  Songs that recall the Transatlantic Slave Experience

•  Zanzibar and the Indian Ocean Slave Trade

•  Slavery in the Early Americas

•  Resistance and Revolts