#SchomburgSyllabus: Transatlantic Slave Trade
The #SchomburgSyllabus is an archive of new and recent educational resources relating to Black studies, movements, and experiences. By connecting these materials to the Schomburg Center’s collections, we honor and recognize the source and strength of Black self-education practices, collective study, and librarianship. The #SchomburgSyllabus is curated by Schomburg Center staff and organized into 27 themes to foster a greater understanding of the Black experience. Explore resources below to learn more about the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
#SchomburgSyllabus: Transatlantic Slavery
Further Reading – Georgetown University Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation / by Georgetown University Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, #Syllabus Web Archive Collection – Archive-It, The New York Public Library
Slave Routes: Resistance, Abolition and Creative Progress: A Film Documentary of the 2008 Conference at NYU (2009) / directed by Jayne Cortez, Sc Visual DVD-191, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image & Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library
Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery, The New York Public Library
Subversion & The Art of Slavery Abolition (2020) / curated by Michelle D. Commander, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery, The New York Public Library
Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & Abolition (2021) / edited by Michelle D. Commander, Foreword by Kevin Young, Sc D 21-319, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library
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Image: Am I not a man and a brother?, 1859. Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.
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Special Thanks
The #SchomburgSyllabus is made possible through The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s generous support for the #SchomburgSyllabus project, and the Community Webs program, which is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Internet Archive, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.