Highlights

Introduction to U.S. History: Slavery in America is a digital collection of over 600 documents in 75,000 pages.

It documents key aspects of the history of slavery in America from its origins in Africa to its abolition, including materials on the slave trade, plantation life, emancipation, pro-slavery and anti-slavery arguments, the religious views on slavery, etc.

In addition to contextual essays and highlighted documents regarding the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad, the Secession, and the Fifteenth Amendment, this digital archive provides access to a wide variety of documents: personal narratives, pamphlets, addresses, political speeches, monographs, sermons, plays, songs, as well as poetic and fictional works published between the 17th and late 19th centuries.

Our subscription is provided through the College's participation in POWER Library. You can use Introduction to U.S. History: Slavery in America by visiting our A-Z Database List.

Image credit
Bibb, Henry, et al. Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave. H. Bibb, 1849. Archives Unbound, link.gale.com/apps/doc/O0100018095/GDSC?u=pa_de_ccc&sid=bookmark-GDSC&xid=9827d37d&pg=1. Accessed 26 Aug. 2024.