Slavery and Anti-Slavery

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Comprising four parts, this archive includes collections on the transatlantic slave trade, the global movement for the abolition of slavery, the legal, personal, and economic aspects of the slavery system, and the dynamics of emancipation in the U.S. as well as in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions.  Sections include 1. Debates over Slavery and Abolition; 2.  Slave Trade in the Atlantic World; 3. The Institution of Slavery, and 4. The Age of Emancipation. Slavery and Anti-Slavery.  This database contains: 5.4 million cross-searchable pages: 12049 books, 170 serials, 71 manuscript collections, 377 supreme court records and briefs and 194 reference articles from Macmillan, Charles Scribner's Sons and Gale encyclopedias. Links to websites, biographies, chronology, bibliographies, and information on key collections, to give users background and context for further research.

30/06/2020.