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Colonial America, 1587- 1776

Find primary and secondary sources about Colonial America

A selected list of primary sources about slavery

Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery
Images of artifacts this site is maintained by Department of Archaeology at Monticello
The Voyage of the Slave Ship Sally: 1764-1765
Learn about a ship's voyage on the Trans-Atlantic slave route.
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
This website is dedicated to tracking all the ships that participated in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
Images of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and slave life in the Americas.
Digital Library On American Slavery
This resource contains links to the following databases: Race and Slavery Petitions Project, NC Runaway Slave Advertisements, Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, Slave Deeds of North Carolina, and Slavery Era Insurance Registries.

A selected list of primary sources about slavery

Colonial African Americans
Information about life for African Americans from The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

African Americans in Early North Carolina: A Documentary History by Alan D. Watson (Editor)
Call Number: 975.60049 A258

ISBN: 0865263132

Publication Date: 2005
Slavery in North Carolina, 1748-1775 by Marvin L. Michael Kay and Lorin L. Cary
Call Number: **ebook**

ISBN: 0807821977

Publication Date: 1995
Slavery in Colonial America, 1619-1776 by Betty Wood
Call Number: 306.36209 W873s

ISBN: 0742544184
American Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund S. Morgan; Edmund Morgan
Call Number: 975.502 M821a

ISBN: 039332494X

Publication Date: 2003
Indian Slavery in Colonial America by Alan Gallay (Editor)
Call Number: 973.049 I39

ISBN: 9780803222007

Publication Date: 2010
The Indian Slave Trade by Alan Gallay
Call Number: **ebook**

ISBN: 0300087543

Publication Date: 2002
White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America by Don Jordan; Michael Walsh
Call Number: **ebook**

ISBN: 0814742963

Publication Date: 2008

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