Wooster School - John D. Verdery Library

Abolitionists Resources & Primary Sources:

**Slavery Abolition Resources
A comprehensive set of links related to the study of the Abolitionist movement, and the surrounding historical period.

American Memory at the Library of Congress: 1800- 1850
The collections here cover the first half of the Nineteenth Century. They include many text documents, photographs and images.

American Memory at the Library of Congress: 1850-1900
The collections here cover the second half of the Nineteenth Century. They include many text documents, photographs and images.

Images of African-Americans From the 19th Century
See in particular the section on the Civil War. The N.Y. Public Library has made this collection of images available. Search by subject or keyword.

The Making of America
Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. It contains approximately 1,600 books and 50,000 journal articles from the 19th century, a major endeavor in preservation and electronic access to historical texts.

From Revolution to Reconstruction
Online texts in American History, with links to many primary sources. Very useful to see what was actually written or stated.

U.S. Historic Documents
Historic Documents from the United States, at the University of Kansas Electronic Library.

Documenting the American South
Most information about nineteenth-century America comes from Northerners. This database presents primary source materials documenting the cultural history of the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. It offers diaries, autobiographies, travel accounts, titles on slavery and regional literature drawn from the splendid Southern holdings of the UNC--CH Academic Affairs Library.