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Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive

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A historical archive of several million cross-searchable pages of books, serials, supreme court records and briefs, and key manuscript collections from the United States, Great Britain, and France concerning debates of slavery and abolition, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the Institution of Slavery, and the Age of Emancipation. Provides a context for further research through links to chronology, biographies, bibliographies, and websites.

All Branch LibrariesSchomburg Center for Research in Black CultureStephen A. Schwarzman BuildingThe New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsThomas Yoseloff Business Center
History, History of Africa, History of Europe, United States History, World History, Encyclopedias, Image Collections, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Historical Newspapers, Area and Cultural Studies, African American Studies, American Studies
English