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Slavery
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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