History Perspectives -- Slave Narratives


This is a list of some of the resources in Paul Robeson Library, and on the Internet, that will be relevant to your project. For more information please ask a reference librarian.





Reference Works

Black Slavery in the Americas: An Interdisciplinary Bibliography, 1865-1980 / REF HT 1049 S63 1982
State Slavery Statutes: Guide to the Microfilm Collection / REF KF 4545 S5 A127 1989
Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery / REF E 441 D53 1997
Language of the Civil War / REF E 468.9 W755 2001

Judicial Cases Concerning American Slaves / KF 4545 S5 C3 1926
The American Slave / E 41 A58 (Supplement Series E 444 A45)


Locating Books

Use these subject headings when looking for books in IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries Catalog:

Slaves' writings
Slaves interviews
Slaves biography

Two other catalogs may be useful in locating resources for your paper. Both will include some primary sources. You can request items from these catalogs on interlibrary loan.

Appropriate Journal Indexes

The library has several journal indexes available. The best index for you will depend on your topic. Some of the general indexes that are likely to be relevant are:

Selected Internet Resources

American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html)
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/)
Documenting the American South: North American Slave Narratives (http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/neh.html)


updated 08/29/04
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