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Contains books, pamphlets, almanacs, broadsides and ephemera related to the history of Africa. This collection is a subset of the database Afro-Americana Imprints.
Resources from and about Africa. Also features scholarly descriptions and images of historical and cultural sites from the African Cultural Heritage. Accessible though JSTOR.
Topically-focused collections of historical documents that support research and study. Materials range across area studies and disciplinary fields.
Collections vary widely by subject and include the following: Through the Camera Lens:" The Moving Picture World and the Silent Film Era Evangelism in Africa: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Missions, 1835-1910 Federal Surveillance of African Americans, 1920-1984 Federal Response to Radicalism James Meredith, J. Edgar Hoover, and the Integration of the University of Mississippi Correspondence from German Concentration Camps and Prisons Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees: The West's Response to Jewish Emigration Jewish Underground Resistance: The David Diamant collection Newspapers of the French Revolution, 1848 Indochina, France and the Viet Minh War, 1945-1954: Records of the US State Department, 1945-1949 Czechoslovakia from Liberation to Communist State, 1945-63: Records of the U.S. State Department Classified Files East German from Stalinization to the New Economic Policy, 1950-1963
Colonial Law in Africa, 1808-1919: These African laws cover the abolition of slavery and World War 1. Originally known as the 'Government Gazettes', each item contains the colonial laws for the year they were published.
The legal records also include property for sale, probate records and bankruptcy notices. This is the first part of the three part series 'Colonial Law in Africa'. These items cover the Napoleonic Wars, the Boer War and the First World War. They also cover the abolition of the legal status of slavery. These gazettes were published alongside the African Blue Books of Statistics during the 19th and 20th centuries. The territories covered by the collection include Kenya, Nigeria (Lagos), Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), Malawi (Nyasaland), Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), The Gambia, Ghana (Gold Coast), Uganda, Tanzania (Zanzibar).
Colonial Law in Africa, 1920-1945: These years saw legal changes of ownership as the empire claimed more African countries. Originally known as the 'Government Gazettes', each item contains the colonial laws for the year they were published.
A series of legal notices also reveal the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Tanzania. The Second World War then led to a series of new laws in these colonies. These gazettes were published alongside the African Blue Books of Statistics during the 19th and 20th centuries. the colonial laws for the year they were published. The legal records also include property for sale, probate records and bankruptcy notices. This is the second part of the three part series 'Colonial Law in Africa'. These records cover the transfer of Southern Rhodesia from the British South Africa The territories covered by the collection include: Kenya, Nigeria (Lagos), Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), Malawi (Nyasaland), Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), Tanzania (Tanganyika), The Gambia, Ghana (Gold Coast), Uganda, and Tanzania (Zanzibar).
These African laws and ordinances cover the Mau Mau uprising & creation of the first legislative councils. These gazettes contain copies of the laws and ordinances which were introduced in the years they cover.
Each item was originally published as the Government Gazette for a colony and year. Their contents include tenders of property, probate records and insolvency notices. This is the third part of the three part series Colonial Law in Africa. These papers cover the Mau Mau uprising, the creation of the first legislative councils and legal changes to transfer power to those councils. These gazettes were published alongside the African Blue Books of Statistics during the 19th and 20th centuries. The territories covered by the collection include: Lesotho (Basutoland), Kenya, Nigeria (Lagos), Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), Malawi (Nyasaland), Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), Tanzania (Tanganyika), The Gambia, Ghana (Gold Coast), Uganda, and Tanzania (Zanzibar).
Access the UK’s correspondence relating to Africa between 1834 and 1966. Contains official documents on colonization, imperial expansion, indigenous resistance, and more.
Access primary documents relating to Empire Studies. The images are sourced from libraries and archives around the world, including the British Library.
Contains materials for the study of global commodities in world history. Each commodity is documented through a wide range of manuscript materials, maps, posters, paintings, photographs, and more. Key themes include exploration, colonialism, trade wars, etc.
Each commodity is documented through a wide range of manuscript materials, maps, posters, paintings, photographs, ephemera, objects and rare books so that the scholar can explore the origins of the commodity, their first uses, the trade that developed and the ways in which these items were marketed and consumed. The project touches on themes of exploration and discovery; imperialism and colonialism; trade wars; translocation and economic geography; slavery; taste; and the evolution of global branding. The resource complements and integrates with the Empire Online database.
Access documents from the British Government during the Macmillan Administration. Covers domestic politics, foreign policy, British empire, and more. Includes scholarly essays to provide context.
Access a variety of documents related to the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth. Includes books, serials, pamphlets, essays, and more.
Includes access to Part I (1450-1850), Part II (1851-1914), and Part III (1890-1945).
Contains documents and collections covering the period 1490-2007 on the topics of slavery, the legacy of slavery, the social justice perspective, and the continued existence of slavery today.
Access British Parliamentary publications including Hansard, official parliamentary debates, and the British sessional papers, the working papers of government.
Sample categories: East India Company Reports; Government and Administration; Indian army; Indian society -- Christian churches, education, famine, population statistics, the press, public health, religious affairs, slavery.
Recovered Histories: "Recovered Histories captures the narratives of the enslaved, enslavers, slave ship surgeons, abolitionists, parliamentarians, clergy, planters and rebels."
Slavery and Manumission Manuscripts of Timbuktu: "Digitized versions of approximately 200 19th-century manuscripts (in Arabic) relating to slavery and manumission in Timbuktu. These provide documentation on Africans in slavery in Muslim societies."
SlaveVoyages: "This digital memorial raises questions about the largest slave trades in history and offers access to the documentation available to answer them. European colonizers turned to Africa for enslaved laborers to build the cities and extract the resources of the Americas. They forced millions of Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas, and from one part of the Americas to another. Analyze these slave trades and view interactive maps, timelines, and animations to see the dispersal in action."
South African History Archive (SAHA) is an independent human rights archive which collects and promotes collections related to South African struggles for freedom and justice. SAHA's archival collections are largely made up of documents, posters, photographs, ephemera and oral histories. These include significant collections relating to the anti-apartheid struggle, the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).