Slavery      

                  

Helpful Websites:
Go to http://www.santacruzpl.org/online/refdb.php to use your public library card and PIN to access many subscription online databases. For this assignment click on: "Biography and Genealogy-- Research famous (and not so famous) people... "
Encyclopedia of Slavery -- from Spartacus School Net (an United Kingdom site). Some advertising at the top of the page, below is a list of slavery topics
The African American: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom --from Long Island University. A list of topics associated with slavery in the United States.

The Life of Harriet Tubman -- from the New York History Net
Harriet Tubman c.1820 - 1913 -- from the Public Broadcasting Service
Harriet Tubman -- from Harriet Tubman. com
HARRIET ROSS TUBMAN (1819-1913) timeline -- from University at Buffalo
Women in History, Harriet Tubman -- Lakewood Public Library

Frederick Douglass -- from University of Rochester
The Life of Frederick Douglass -- from the National Parks Service
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave -- his book online
Frederick Douglass 1818 - 1895 -- from the Public Broadcasting Service
Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895 -- from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Confessions of Nat Turner (1800-1831) -- from University of Groningen, The Netherlands
The Southampton Slave Revolt --
NAT TURNER " THE LAST SHOULD BE FIRST" -- an interview with Nat Turner, from Top Tags (a commercial site)
Nat Turner -- from Spartacus School Net (an United Kingdom site). Some advertising at the top of the page
Nat Turner's Rebellion -- from About.com

Sojourner Truth -- from Spartacus School Net (an United Kingdom site). Some advertising at the top of the page
Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree) -- from the Lakewood Public Library
NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH -- from University of Pennsylvania Library
Sojourner Truth -- This web page was created through a grant from The Community Based Learning Program, Weissman Center for Leadership, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Sojourner Truth -- from About.com

Aboard the Underground Railroad -- from the National Parks Service
The Underground Railroad c.1780 - 1862 -- from Public Broadcasting Service
The Underground Railroad -- from History.com

Dred Scott's fight for freedom 1846 - 1857
-- from the Public Broadcasting Service
Dred Scott -- from Sidwell Friends School
The Dred Scott Decision -- from the History Place
Dred Scott -- From Gale Publishing

Abraham (African American tribal leader, c. 1790-) Jackson, Mattie J. (American labor activist, 1921-)
Alexander, Archer (American freedman, c. 1810-1879) Jacobs, Harriet (American writer, 1813?-1897)
Alice of Dunk's Ferry (American historian, c. 1686-1802) Jefferson, Isaac (1775-1853)
Anderson, Jourdan (American slave, fl. 1865-) Johnson, William (American entrepreneur, 1809-1851)
Attucks, Crispus (American patriot, 1723-1770) Keckley, Elizabeth (American slave, 1818-
Bagby, Sarah Lucy (American slave, 1833-1900) Liele, George (American slave, 1750-1820)
Belinda (American slave, c. 1713-) Loguen, J. W. (American abolitionist, 1813-1872)
Bibb, Henry (American abolitionist, 1815-1854) Loguen, Jermain Wesley (1813-1872)
Blind Tom (American musician, 1849-1908) Mason, Biddy (American nurse, 1818-1891)
Boyd, Richard Henry (American religious leader, 1843-1922) Moorhead, Scipio (American artist, 1773-)
Brown, Henry Box (American abolitionist, 1815?-) Moorhead, Scipio (American artist, 1773-)
Brown, William Wells (American abolitionist, 1815?-1884) Onesimus (American slave, fl. 18th century A.D.)
Celia (American slave, c. 1836-1855) Parker, John P. (American inventor, 1827-1900)
Cook, John, Sr. (American clergyman, 1810-1855) Prince, Lucy Terry (American poet, 1730-1821)
Craft, Ellen (American activist, c. 1826-c. 1897) Prosser, Gabriel (American slave leader, 1775?-1800)
Craft, William (American abolitionist, 1824-1900) Prosser, Nancy (American insurrectionist, 1775-1800)
Culp, Daniel Wallace (American clergyman, 1845-) Roper, Moses (American abolitionist, c. 1815-)
Delaney, Lucy A. (American writer, 1830-) Scott, Dred (American slave, 1795?-1858)
Douglass, Frederick (American abolitionist, 1817?-1895) Smalls, Robert (American politician, 1839-1915)
Dudley, James B. (American college president, 1859-1925) Tanner, Alethia Browning (American entrepreneur)
Eagleson, William Lewis (American newpaper editor, 1835-1899) Toussaint, Pierre (1766-1853)
Edmondson, William (1882-1951) Truth, Sojourner (American human rights activist, 1797?-1883)
Ellison, William (American slave, 1790-1861) Turner, Nat (American abolitionist, 1800-1831)
Equiano, Olaudah (American writer, 1745?-1797) Vesey, Denmark (American carpenter, 1767?-1822)
Ford, Barney (American entrepreneur, 1822-1902) Wells-Barnett, Ida B. (American journalist, 1862-1931)
Hemings, Sally (American slave, 1773-1836) Wheatley, Phillis (American poet, 1753?-1784)
Henson, Josiah (American abolitionist, 1789-1883) Whipple, Prince (1700-1797)
Hosier, Harry (American preacher, 1750-1806) Williams, Peter, Sr. (American religious leader, 1749-1823)
Jackson, Mattie J. (American labor activist, 1921-) York (American slave, 1772-)


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