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.
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.
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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