Subject Research, Course Guides, Documentation: Slavery in the United States: Primary Sources in the Library

Examples of Primary Sources in the Library

The Long Walk to Freedom: runaway slave narratives
Call Number: E450 .L83 2012
A compilation of 12 first-person accounts of the runaway slave phenomenon spanning eight decades.
George Washington and Slavery
Call Number: E312.17 .H648 1997
correspondence, diaries, and other written records by Washington, family members, and more
The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina
Call Number: Available Online
Escaped slave John Andrew Jackson seeks to educate his readers on the horrors of slavery.
A House Divided - The Antebellum Slavery Debates in America, 1776-1865
Call Number: E441 .H86 2003
Abolitionist and proslavery documents written in the United States between the American Revolution and the Civil War.

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Finding more such primary sources using the Schaffer Library catalog:

Try the keyword search method. Here's an example:

Pointers:

To find the above advanced search screen, click on Advanced Search on the Library's home page. Then select Library Catalog.
Use the asterisk (*) as a wild-card symbol, executing the search on all forms of the word, singular or plural, etc.
Use "or" to include synonyms or alternatives.
Other examples of primary sources might be diaries, advertisements, journals, archives, speeches... Be creative!

Periodicals and Newspapers (digital and searchable):