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Southern History Sources:

Valley of the Shadow

Virtual Antebellum Richmond

African-American History and Culture (Library of Congress Manuscripts: An Illustrated Guide)

Duke University's online exhibition of documents relating to slavery

Sources relating directly to women slaves:

Christine Charity's Christine's Genealogy Website is a wonderful introduction to genealogy which concentrates on the history of African-Americans in the American South.

A brief biographical sketch of Mary Chesnut

A biographical sketch of Harriett Tubman

Constitution of Boston abolitionist group

Several resources for womanist studies, including The Institute for African-American Studies at the University of Georgia's Womanist Homepage, And Still We Rise, and a profile of Alice Walker, Womanist Writer.

General History Sources with Slave History Resources:

National Women's History Project

American Memory Project of the Library of Congress

Bengt's Photo Page, a gigantic collection of on-line photographic resources

Prepared by Professor Catherine Lavender for History 182 (Women's History and Feminist Theory) and History 286 (American Women's History), The Department of History, The College of Staten Island of The City University of New York. Send email to lavender@postbox.csi.cuny.edu
Fall Semester 1997. Last modified: Tuesday 26 August 1997