Primary Sources on Abolition in the United States

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.

Contains bilingual dictionaries and reference works in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Content of 300+ books published by Oxford University Press.

Contains a variety of historical newspapers dating from 1900 to 1963.

Contains African American newspapers published in the United States from 1835-1956. Complements the database African American Newspapers, Series 1, 1827-1998.

Access American periodicals from the colonial period through the beginning of the 20th century.

Collection of documents written by black men and women involved in the movement to end slavery in the United States between 1830-1865.

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