African-American Resource Links
African American
History: Historical Text Archive
This is a web page constructed by Mississippi State University. It provides links to
states, regions, people, genealogy, military, slavery, literary, art, and history sites.
The African-American
Mosaic:
A Library of Congress
Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
This site provides information on African colonization, slavery and the abolitionist
movement, western migration, homesteading, and WPA documents (including ex-slave
narratives).
African American
Resource Center
This site compiled by the New Orleans Public Library provides hyperlinked resource
materials on "the African experience in the Americas."
The Atlantic Slave Trade:
Demographic Simulation
This site enables researchers to simulate the size and structure of Africa in the era of
the slave trade by using demographic data.
Historical Text
Archive: Africa
This site, formulated by Mississippi State University, provides links to African Studies
sites.
An African-American
Chronology of Important Dates
This site provides a chronology of imporant dates and events in African American history.
Slavery and Abolitionism
This is a site that links to primary source material, including the Confessions of Nat
Turner, the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, and proceedings of the Dred Scott case.
Taking the Train to Freedom
This site was created by the National Park Service and provides information on the
Underground Railroad.
Excerpts from Slave Narratives
This site, produced by Steven Mintz at the University of Houston, provides hyperlinks to
dozens of slave narratives.
The Amistad Case
The National Archives and Records Administration produced this site, which reproduces both
facsimiles and transcripts of important legal documents relating to the Amistad case.
Exploring Amistad: Race
& the Boundaries of Freedom in Antebellum Maritime America
This site, produced by Connecticut’s Mystic Seaport, "explores the Amistad
Revolt…and how we make history of it."