Bristol and Slavery: An excellent website created by Andy Nash of Headley Park Primary School. Includes sections on Why were slaves needed? The Transatlantic Trade, The Outward Passage, The Middle Passage, Slave Auctions, Plantation Life, The Return Passage, Why African Slaves? Bristol v Liverpool, Royal African Company, Merchant Venturers, Edward Colson, John Pinney, The End of Slavery and Bristol Today.

Encyclopaedia of Slavery: A comprehensive encyclopaedia of slavery. Each entry contains a narrative, illustrations and primary sources. The text within each entry is hypertexted to other relevant pages in the encyclopedia. In this way it is possible to research individual people and events in great detail. The sources are also hypertexted so the student is able to find out about the writer, artist, newspaper, organization, etc., that produced the material. So far there are sections on: The Slave System, Slave Life, Slave Narratives, Anti-Slavery Movement, Events and Issues and Political Organisations.

Parliament and the British Slave Trade 1600-1807: Parliament and the British Slave Trade 1600-1807 is a website from the Parliamentary Archives marking the bicentenary of the abolition of Britain’s transatlantic slave trade. Produced by the 24 Hour Museum, the site enables the public to explore the relationship between Parliament and the slave trade, and invites comment and online debate. The website draws on and provides access to documents held by the Parliamentary Archives, including the Act of 1807 which abolished the trade, evidence taken by Parliamentary enquiries and petitions. In addition it features items from other institutions including Thomas Clarkson’s African box. Teachers can find ideas for lessons (KS3/KS4) and plenty of historical source material, as well as a community area for creating interactive lesson resources.

The Slave Trade: This section of History on the Net offers simple explanation on all aspects of the Slave Trade from the capture of black Africans, to their lives as Slaves in the Americas.

American Slave Narratives: From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. Their narratives are a splendid resource for understanding the lives of America's four million slaves. This website provides an opportunity to read a sample of these narratives and to see some of the photographs taken at the time of the interviews.

From Slavery to Freedom: This excellent website produced by the Library of Congress presents 397 pamphlets from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, published from 1824 through 1909, by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington.

Alabama State Black Archives: The primary purpose of the State Black Archives, Research Center & Museum is to create a repository of source materials on African American history and culture. Its mission is three-fold: (a) As an archive, to obtain, preserve and hold materials on African American history and culture related to their achievement and general experience; (b) As a research center, to make such materials on African American history and culture available to scholars and others who seek materials for educational and cultural purposes; (c) As a museum, to display materials on African Americans in such a manner as to enhance the general public awareness about African American history and culture. The general goals are to encourage greater awareness of the achievements and contributions of African Americans and the role they have played in American society and the world, and to provide a better basis for understanding racial and cultural differences.

Afro-American Almanac: This website is an on-line presentation of the African in America. A historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution. From the beginning of the slave trade through the Civil Rights movement, to the present. Sections include Biographies, Historical Documents, Historical Events, Folk Tales, Links, Afro-Voices and Issues in the News.

Wedgwood and Slavery: Josiah Wedgwood is generally known for the beautiful Jasper ware he created in the eighteenth century. Wedgwood was also an inventor, a neoclassical artist, and an enlightened thinker. It is through this combination of facets that Wedgwood became involved in the plight of the African American slave. This site features the undergraduate thesis of Vanessa Byrd, a student of Humanities and Elementary Education in Louisiana. Her thesis examines Josiah Wedgwood's Emancipation Badge and its Neoclassical influences. The site also includes a full lesson plan with attachments for teaching students about slavery from Josiah Wedgwood's unique perspective.

Augustus Washington is one of the few African American daguerreotypists whose work has been identified and whose career has been documented. The son of a former slave, Washington was born in Trenton, New Jersey. As a youth, he embraced the abolitionist movement and struggled to obtain an education, studying at both the Oneida Institute and Kimball Union Academy before entering Dartmouth College in 1843. Washington learned to make daguerreotypes during his freshman year to offset his college expenses. In 1846 he opened one of Hartford's first daguerrean galleries. Washington attracted a broad clientele, and by the early 1850s was regarded as one of the city's foremost daguerreotypists. Convinced that emancipation alone would not remove the barriers that American society imposed upon its black citizens, he came to regard resettlement in the West African nation of Liberia as the best course of action. Accompanied by his wife and two small children, Washington sailed for Africa in November 1853. Once in Liberia, Washington opened a daguerrean studio and prospered. This National Portrait Gallery online exhibition provides a detailed account of his life and work.

Slavery: As soon as Europeans began to settle in America, in the early 16th century, they imported black slaves from Africa to work for them. As European settlement grew, so did the demand for slaves. Over the next 300 years more than 11 million slaves were transported across the Atlantic from Africa to America. Britain was heavily involved from the mid-17th century onwards. Ports such as Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow sent out many slaving ships each year, bringing great prosperity to their owners. This Public Record Office website provides information on how the Abolition Acts of 1807 and 1833 affected slavery.

Maryland and the Underground Railroad: The Underground Railroad was a secret network organized by people who helped men, women, and children escape from slavery to freedom. It operated before the Civil War (1861-1865) ended slavery in the United States. The Underground Railroad provided hiding places, food, and often transportation for the fugitives who were trying to escape slavery. Along the way, people also provided directions for the safest way to get further north on the dangerous journey to freedom. This website has been designed to help students look more closely at Maryland’s people, stories, and events of that surrounded this important effort.

Bristol Slavery Trail: This website provides information about the slave trade in Bristol. Films and sound clips retell the views of characters from the past, and there are activities, documents, pictures and photographs which may be explored or downloaded. The material is organized around key themes such as wealth, power, trade, campaigns and legacy. Each theme has different activities for students.

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