Resource Guides: HIST: U.S. History Websites: Slavery & Servitude

Slavery

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Omar Ibn Said Collection - Including the Narrative of a Muslim Slave (LOC)
42 digitized documents in both English and Arabic, including an 1831 manuscript in Arabic on "The Life of Omar Ibn Said," a West African slave in America
Geography of Slavery in Virginia
Digital collection of newspaper advertisements for the capture of runaway servants and slaves
Understanding Slavery
Primary and secondary sources including: oral histories, artifacts and case studies.
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database (Emory U.)
Interactive maps, timelines, and animations. Includes history, databases and manuscripts of slaves ships, enslaved people.
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
Enslaved Communities & Resistance
Primary and secondary source material highlighting the enslaved experience, including runaways and resistance.
Colonial enslavement of Native Americans included those who surrendered, too (Brown U.)
"Study by Brown University historian finds that Native Americans who surrendered during King Philip’s War were sold into slavery, with long-lasting effects."

Geography of Slavery in Virginia
Digital collection of newspaper advertisements for the capture of runaway servants and slaves
Apprenticeship Indentures - 1830-1908 Delaware County, NY
List of indentures with names, ages and occupation.
Indenture agreement, 1742
Transcript of an indenture contract, in addition to other relevant documents
Virtual Jamestown: Indentured Servants
Browse or search a database of over 10,000 indentured servants contracts. The contracts indicate not only the servant's name and length of indenture,

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but also the name of the servant's parents and owner, his home province and city, occupation, destination, and ship of embarkation. These records provide a detailed composition of indentured servants in the 17th century Atlantic World.