Testimony
of the Canadian Fugitives: Benjamin Drew, a Boston abolitionist
acting in cooperation with officers of the Canadian Anti-Slavery Society,
visited various towns of Upper Canada around the middle 1850's, interviewing
scores of refugees from the slave states...
Excerpts From Slave Narratives:
Categories include African kidnapping, The Middle Passage, Arrival, Plantation
life, Childhood, Family, Religion, Punishment, Resistance, Escape, and Emancipation
(edited by Steven Mintz)
Missouri Slave
Narratives: Lists interviewees and provides information on obtaining a
copy of each narrative for a small fee (Prepared by the Federal Writer's Project
of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Missouri)
General:Types
of U.S. Plantations: provides general historical information and illustrated
map lay-outs of plantations
REVOLTS
The American Slave Brig "Creole":
A detailed account of the slave revolt on board the American brig Creole.
We are developing a data base of all crew members, owners,
and slaves held on board (including their ancestry and descendants) as well
as details on their ports of call, Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Norfolk, Virginia;
Nassau, N.P.; Kingston, Jamaica; and New Orleans, LA. (Creole Research
Center)
SHARECROPPING
Neo-Plantations:
Not much information about this on the web! Here you will read about plantation-style
farm operation as late as 1940
Forks of theRoad:
Photo and information on the U.S. slave market site in Natchez, MS
(The) Middle Passage Monument Project:
information about the middle passage, slave trade, and the project to honor
African ancestors who died in the middle passage
South Carolina:Slave
Hire Badges: Slavery in the urban south; photos of slave badges
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (Categorized
by State)
NC:North Carolina
Discoveries: The Underground Railroad: Levi Coffin,
who became known as the unofficial president of the Underground Railroad,
used many freed African Americans, as well as white Americans to assist in
moving escaping slaves along the lines from Carolina to Canada....
(Snow Camp Historical Drama Society Inc.)
North Buxton, Ontario, Canada: Raleigh
Township Centennial Museum: A memorial to the Elgin Settlement which was
founded in 1849--for many a last stop on the Underground Railroad.
General: Underground
Railroad: Special Resource Study: A general overview of the Underground
Railroad, a brief discussion of slavery and abolitionism, escape routes used
by slaves, and alternatives for commemoration and interpretation of the significance
of the phenomenon. (National Park Service)
General:Menare Foundation's NorthStar
Website: The Menare Foundation, Inc. is a national Non-profit
organization dedicated to the documentation, preservation, and restoration
of Underground Railroad safe-houses and environments....