HIST 2807:Slavery in the Ancient World: Reference/Archival

Provides searchable full-text e-book versions of many reference works, including multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, and specialized handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. in a wide range of subject areas. Encyclopedias are great for, choosing a topic; educating yourself quickly; perspective on a topic; variant spellings, vocabulary, terminology; and bibliography.

Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on specific topics in a growing range of subject areas.

Searchable digital collection of pamphlets and leaflets donated to Cornell University by abolitionist and humanitarian Samuel J. May. Covers the anti-slavery struggle at local, regional, national, and international levels during the ante-bellum and Civil War periods in America. Includes essays, sermons, speeches, court proceedings and decisions, etc. Finding Aid for May Anti-Slavery Collection.

This database 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.

A collection of original manuscripts, letters, photographs, rare books, and other materials on abolitionism from the 1700s through 1865. The documents on display in this online exhibition are but a sampling of what is in CUL's collection.