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Abolitionist Mural

Oxford African American Studies Center
Access wide-ranging materials that focus on the lives and events that have shaped African American and African history and culture. Comprised of five major encyclopedias and additional reference sources from Oxford University Press.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., editor-in-chief.
Credo Reference Unlimited
Contains bilingual dictionaries and reference works in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Oxford Reference Online
Content of 300+ books published by Oxford University Press.

Chronicling America
Contains a variety of newspapers dating from 1900 to 1963.
African American Newspapers, Series 2, 1835-1956
Contains African American newspapers published in the United States from 1835-1956. Complements the database African American Newspapers, Series 1, 1827-1998.
African-American Newspapers: 19th Century
Access historical African American newspapers.
American Periodicals Series Online
Access American periodicals from the colonial period through the beginning of the 20th century.

discoverE
The library catalog discoverE contains links to many digital books that count as primary sources.
Documenting the American South
Digital texts about the South.

Black Abolitionist Papers
Collection of documents written by black men and women involved in the movement to end slavery in the United States between 1830-1865.
Gale Primary Sources
Search a large number of primary source databases.

Digital Public Library of America
40,708,413 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States