Documents the debates and acts of Congress from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention through the 43rd Congress. From the Library of Congress.
A searchable collection of writings and correspondence of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison.
Browse ships’ logs and journals, diaries and ledgers, ship plans, and the world-class photography collections alongside specializedatabases such as American Offshore Whaling Voyages, crew lists, Seamen’s Protection Certificates, and other tools for research.
An online collection of more than 42,000 digitized documents from 1784 to 1800 that illuminates Indian affairs, pensions, procurement, and the operations of the early U.S. Army and militia.
Gathers newspapers broadsides letters diaries depositions trial materials images and related artifacts with thematic sections on reactions illustrations trials anniversaries and browsing by format to explore the events of March 1770.
Digitized, contemporary accounts of notable trials from the late seventeenth through the late nineteenth century, drawn mostly from the United States with some early British examples.
More than 4,000 digitized runaway and captured slave and indentured servant ads from Virginia and Maryland newspapers, with full transcripts, images, and maps and timelines covering 1736 to 1803.
Tanscribed, searchable newspaper editorials from the 1850s through the Civil War era, enabling comparison of regional perspectives on slavery, secession, and national politics.
A digital collection of nineteenth-century books and pamphlets from Dickinson College and Millersville University that presents first-person narratives, legal records, sermons, and anti-slavery tracts with searchable transcriptions.
All known legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world, as well as materials on free African-Americans in the colonies and the U.S. before 1870. Included are every statute passed by every state and colony, all federal statutes, all reported state and federal cases on slavery, and hundreds of books and pamphlets on the subject. NOTE: The EMU Library does NOT subscribe to the HeinOnline collection materials listed under the tab Scholarly Articles & Other Documents.
Documenting autobiographical narratives and related works of enslaved and self-emancipated people from the eighteenth through early twentieth centuries.
A digital collection of nineteenth-century books and pamphlets from Dickinson College and Millersville University that presents first-person narratives, legal records, sermons, and anti-slavery tracts with searchable transcriptions.
Includes 105 digitized books and manuscripts totaling about 8,700 pages that document legal cases, statutes, and debates about slavery in the United States and Great Britain.
Provides access to more than 700,000 digitized records from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries documenting Africans and their descendants across the Atlantic world.
A digital history site on the Republic of Texas (1837–1845) that visualizes the spread of slavery with interactive maps and a searchable database built from surviving tax records.
A research portal with primary datasets on the slave trade across the Atlantic and within the Americas, including more than 36,000 documented voyages, plus maps, visualizations, and tools to explore routes, ships, and people.
A multimedia archive of primary sources on Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel and its impact, including editions of the text, contemporary reviews, songs, plays, films, illustrations, and material culture.
Search for legal, estate, court, and other historical records that reflect the lives of free and enslaved African Americans in Virginia, especially from the colonial through antebellum period.
Firsthand narratives and interviews with formerly enslaved people recorded between 1932 and 1975, preserving their memories of slavery and its aftermath.
Find primary sources on slavery, abolition, and resistance across Yale libraries and galleries, with options to browse by repository or search by topic.
