Abolition of the Slave Trade: BBC portal of British history.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/
Amazing Grace:
http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/downloads.php
Anti-slavery:
http://www.antislavery.org/
Caribbean Histories Revealed: [quote] The history of the British Caribbean is explored in this exhibition through government documents, photographs and maps dating from the 17th century to the 1920s and discovered during a cataloguing project at The National Archives of the United Kingdom.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/caribbeanhistory/
The Citizendium: [quote] …a "citizens' compendium of everything," is an experimental new wiki project. The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on that model by adding "gentle expert oversight" and requiring contributors to use their real names. [Beta version]
http://en.citizendium.org
District of Columbia Emancipation Act: On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/dc_emancipation_act/
Juneteenth Resources:
Ethnic Resource Centers: Juneteenth
Bibliography and links to resources about Juneteenth (June 19), which "marks the anniversary of the day in 1865, when General Gordon Granger announced the 'Emancipation Proclamation' to the slaves in Texas." Includes reading suggestions for adults and children. From the County of Los Angeles Public Library.
http://www.colapublib.org/services/ethnic/juneteenth.php4
Handbook of Texas Online: Juneteenth
This essay describes the origins of the Juneteenth holiday. "On June 19 ('Juneteenth'), 1865, Union general Gordon Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, thus belatedly bringing about the freeing of 250,000 slaves in Texas." Discusses the history of the holiday and the impact of Juneteenth, which is now celebrated beyond Texas. From the General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/JJ/lkj1.html
The Museum School: Juneteenth
This site documents a Juneteenth celebration at a San Diego charter school. Describes the school's activities, including a visit by a speaker, arts and crafts activities, and a field trip. Includes a menu for a Juneteenth celebration, with recipes such as red lemonade and sweet potato pie. While the site does not provide lesson plans, the many illustrations provide inspiration for class projects.
http://museumschool.sandi.net/festivals99-00/junteenth/juneteenth.html
Juneteenth.com
Also known as African American Emancipation Day, the celebration of June 19 as Juneteenth is considered to be the oldest commemoration of the end of slavery. This site gives the history of the holiday from its origins in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to the present and provides a list of related organizations.
http://www.juneteenth.com/
Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Foundation:
http://www.kintehaley.org/
Leonardo Drew, sculptor:
http://www.leonardodrew.com/
Manning Marable: Historian. Political Theorist. Journalist. Human Rights Activist.
http://www.manningmarable.net/
Maryland State Archives: [Alex Haley's nephew, Christopher Haley is a Research Administrator for the Slavery Commission of the Maryland State Archives.]
- African American Resources: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/afro.html
- Beneath the Underground: The Flight to Freedom and Communities in Antebellum Maryland, An Archives of Maryland Electronic Publication: http://ww2.mdslavery.net/
- Slavery Commission, Archives of Maryland Online: Under the auspices of the Slavery Commission, the Maryland State Archives is preparing a series of volumes in the Archives of Maryland series relating to the history of slavery in Maryland. http://aomol.net/html/commission.html
- The Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland: http://www.mdslavery.net/
Map the slave trade
http://www.unesco.org/culture/dialogue/slave/images/Apdf.PDF
OpenOffice.org: A free suite of office-type applications for a word processing, making spreadsheets, creating multimedia presentations, drawing, manipulating databases and creating mathematical equations.
http://www.openoffice.org/
Portraits, People & Abolition: London's National Portrait Gallery's web site that explores aspects of the history of slavery and its abolition.
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/abo_index.asp
Roots on TV One:
http://roots.tvoneonline.com/
Slavery Timeline
http://www.brycchancarey.com/slavery/chrono1.htm
Uncomfortable Truths - the shadow of slave trading on art & design: activities at London's Victoria and Albert Museum commemorating the 200th anniversary of the parliamentary abolition of the slave trade.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/uncomfortable_truths/index.html
Voices of the Holocaust: Interviews conducted in 1946 in displaced persons camps around Europe and transcribed into English v=by a professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Interview with Library Dean Christopher Stewart.
http://www.iit.edu/publications/iittoday/media/033107_FOX32.wmv
http://voices.iit.edu
