Designed for teaching and research, Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice brings together documents and collections from libraries and archives across the Atlantic world, covering an extensive time period from 1490. Topics covered include the varieties of slavery, the legacy of slavery, the social justice perspective and the continued existence of slavery today. This resource offers in-depth case studies in America, the Caribbean, Brazil and Cuba, along with important material examining European, Islamic and African involvement in the slave trade.
Highlights:
| African forts & the Gold Coast | Slave cases decided in the Supreme Courts of Georgia & North Carolina |
| Brazil | Slave testimony |
| Education & Social Justice | Slavery in the Early Americas |
| The Day Law in Kentucky | Songs recalling the Transatlantic Slave Experience |
| Family Papers, Correspondence, Bills & Plantation Journals | Urban Slavery in New York & Philadelphia |
| Local court records re: slavery in Georgia & North Carolina | The Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania |
| Resistance & Revolts | Zanzibar & the Indian Ocean Slave Trade |
Provider: Adam Matthew
Coverage: 1490-2007
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