The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record by Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php

The approximately 1,200 images in this collection have been selected from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery. This collection is envisioned as a tool and a resource that can be used by teachers, researchers, students, and the general public - in brief, anyone interested in the experiences of Africans who were enslaved and transported to the Americas and the lives of their descendants in the slave societies of the New World.

Categories:
African American History: Slavery
Arts
African American History: Civil War/Reconstruction

Type of Material: primary resource
Cost: no
Keywords: Transatlantic Slave Trade, Civil War, War, Emancipation, Atlantic Slave Trade, Slave Life, African History, African Culture, Politics, Slave Ships, Middle Passage, Slave Auctions, Plantations, Labor, Work, Music, Arts, Schools, Education, Children, Family, Religion, Death, Military, Rebellion, Fugitive Slaves, Resistance, Escape, Slavery, African American History, Black History

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