Resource Guides: HIST: US History Resources: US: Colonial

General

American Journeys
Contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in 1000 CE to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later
America and the Utopian Dream
The American Colonist's Library
A massive collection of primary source documents ranging from 500 CE to 1800.
Early American Digital Archive
A collection of electronic texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820.

Also look under African American History

Colonial enslavement of Native Americans included those who surrendered, too
Article from Brown Univ.
Slave Communities & Resistance (Center for Media and Learning)
Primary and secondary source material highlighting the enslaved experience, including runaways and resistance.
Slavery and the Making of America
**This site uses flash, so you may need to switch browsers
History, timelines, biographies primary and secondary sources on the slave experience
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, Emory University
Analyze these slave trades and view interactive maps, timelines, and animations. Includes history, databases and manuscripts of slaves ships, enslaved people.
Understanding Slavery
Primary and secondary sources including: oral histories, artifacts and case studies.