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This resource on trans-Atlantic slavery and abolition brings together original manuscript and rare printed material from dozens of libraries and archives across the Atlantic world. It encompasses all major themes including: Slavery in the Early Americas; African Coast Middle Passage; Slavery and Agriculture; Case Studies: American South, Caribbean, Brazil and Cuba; Urban and Domestic Slavery; Slave Testimony; Spiritualism and Religion in slave communities; Resistance and Revolts; Underground Railroad; the Abolition movement – spanning religious and ethnic boundaries; Legislation: Enactment and Enforcement; Freedmen and Free Black Settlements; Education; Slavery and the Islamic World; Varieties of Slave Experience; Slavery Today, Legacy of Slavery; and the Evolution of Slavery. |
