World History Honors

Women's roles in slavery

This source is good because it is a book, published under a university press, that goes into detail about many aspects of slavery and the slave trade. This is also a good source because it talks about the various nations involved in the slave trade and it also covers a large time period (~1600-1920)

Database that formerly existed only on CD-ROM now fully accessible online. Looks great for primary source research.

This website contains a large amount of information on different slave ship voyages (about 35,000 so it says), along with the two charts Mr. Kogan showed us in class. This source could be useful due to all the information it contains on the number of slaves moved during the period, along with the places they were moved and in what concentration. Basically, it provides a large amount of hard data that could be useful for almost any topic. It has the two charts, along with a number of others, and a very good map that shows embarkation and disembarkation points of slaves in the the Western Hemisphere. There is also a timeline that shows the number of slaves embarking and disembarking from slave ships starting in 1525 and ending in 1867, with the last slave voyage.

This website contains a large amount of information on different slave ship voyages (about 35,000 so it says), along with the two charts Mr. Kogan showed us in class. This source could be useful due to all the information it contains on the number of slaves moved during the period, along with the places they were moved and in what concentration. Basically, it provides a large amount of hard data that could be useful for almost any topic. It has the two charts, along with a number of others, and a very good map that shows embarkation and disembarkation points of slaves in the the Western Hemisphere. There is also a timeline that shows the number of slaves embarking and disembarking from slave ships starting in 1525 and ending in 1867, with the last slave voyage.

This website provides factual information about the slave trade. It is easy to understand and provides a well organized overview of the slave trade. This source gives good, general information and is a good starting place to find solid facts for any specific topic on the slave trade.

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In an act concerning the killing of disobedient slaves, The Commonwealth of Virginia states that the master is not guilty of murder. This excerpt shows that North Americans degrade the African American population to "estate", or property. This act reveals that slaves are not thought of as humans since they do not even have the right to a trial of their killers in their deaths by the hands of their masters.

This is a source that talks extensively about the maroon societies formed by escaped slaves. It would be useful for any topic dealing with maroons.

This primary source document is an excerpt from a book written by a European surgeon, describing how Africans lost their freedom and became slaves within the African continent. It offers us a European perspective, thought the author actually appears to be against the slave trade, into the treatment of African natives.

This source reveals internal apsects of Africa's trade that includes salt and sugar production, gold exports, and the slave trade. It describes the trade within regions of Africa and why Africa must rely on trade; as well as the trade with European and the network systems they developed. The source also compares and contrasts European and African trade from the efficieny and the amont of products to the specific topic of slave trade.

Along with essays and maps, this site also contains pictures.

This website, slavevoyages.org, contains many essays, maps, and charts that deal with the slave trade. This site is reliable, since it is run by Emory University.