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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 from a multinational perspective. Search more than five million pages sourced from books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, legal documents, court records, monographs, manuscripts, and maps from many different countries.

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