Search Databases
Search these databases for more information about slavery and abolition in the United States. These require a BSU login. Please see a reference librarian if you need assistance.
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America: History and Life (with Full Text)Bibliographic references, with abstracts, to articles from over 2,000 journals covering American and Canadian history. Also includes citations for book reviews and dissertations.
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Historical New York Times (ProQuest News & Newspapers)Search the New York Times back to 1851.
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Salem HistoryOnline content from Salem Press with essays covering United States and world history.
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JSTORA full-image collection of retrospective issues from scholarly journals of prime importance in their fields.
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Academic OneFileFull-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Content also includes ebooks, images, and videos. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
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Academic Search PremierFull text for more than 8,500 journals, including full text for more than 4,600 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
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Project MUSEAn interdisciplinary collection of more than 650 high quality, peer reviewed journals designed for institutions acquiring extensively in the humanities and social sciences.
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Films on Demand - Streaming Video
Searchable database of video clips on almost any topic. Begin searching by clicking on the icon above. Some possible search terms are slavery; slave trade; child soldiers; child prostitution; and human trafficking
Selected Books & Videos from Webster
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In the image of God : religion, moral values, and our heritage of slavery by
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Great slave narratives byCall Number: E444 .B67
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Slavery and the evolution of Cherokee society, 1540-1866 by
Call Number: E99.C5 P394 -
Black slave narratives byCall Number: E444 .B23
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Slave Culture:A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project by
Call Number: E444 .S55 2014 -
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Electronic Books
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