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Slavery and Anti-Slavery: Primary Resources

Research, study, and discover endless teaching possibilities on understanding slavery in America and the rest of the world from the 17th century to the late 19th century. Search more than five million pages sourced from books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, legal documents, court records, monographs, manuscripts, and maps from many different countries and multicultural perspectives.

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