All 7 entries tagged Abolition, CAS Image Database

August 30, 2006

The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: a Visual Record

Library link

http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/search.html

Short description

Searchable database of 1,200 images relating to the Atlantic slave trade and slave life in the Americas.

Source website

http://www.virginiafoundation.org/

Copyright and usage conditions

http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/Conditions.html

: 30 Aug 2006 16:30 | Tags: 18Thc 19Thc Abolition African Americans Africans Agriculture Am406 Brazil Children Civil War Customs Labour Maps Migration Plantations Portraits Rebellion Recreation Slavery Sugar Mills Transportation Usa | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem

August 22, 2006

U.S. Political History

Library link

http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/

Short description

A collection of over 500 public domain images of American Political History which can be browsed by era or topic.

Source website

http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/

Copyright and usage conditions

All images are believed to be in the public domain.

: 22 Aug 2006 13:01 | Tags: 18Thc 19Thc 20Thc Abolition Cities Civil Rights Movement Maps Politics Presidents Slavery Suffrage Usa Washington Dc | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem

America's Reconstruction: People and Politics after the Civil War, Digital History

Library link

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/index.html

Short description

Online exhibit based on a travelling exhibition which documents the reconstruction period which began during the Civil War and ended in 1877. Although not an image database the collection includes many photographs from the time.

Source website

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/default.htm

Copyright and usage conditions

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/copyright.cfm

: 22 Aug 2006 12:43 | Tags: 19Thc Abolition African Americans Agriculture Civil War Factories Photographs Presidents Reconstruction Slavery South Usa War Work | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem

August 21, 2006

America's Historical Documents, the National Archives

Library link

http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/

Short description

Images of significant documents from American history held by the National Archives.

Source website

http://www.archives.gov/

Copyright and usage conditions

http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/privacy.html

: 21 Aug 2006 17:05 | Tags: 17Thc 18Thc 19Thc 20Thc Abolition Constitution Nara Presidents Slavery Suffrage Usa Women | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem

Slave Narratives: Audio Interviews 1932–1975

Library link

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/

Short description

Nearly seven hours of interviews recorded between 1932 and 1975 in nine Southern states. Twenty-three interviewees, born between 1823 and the early 1860s, discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom. The collection also features a gallery of the interviewees.