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The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
URL: http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/

Description:
"The hundreds of images in this collection have been selected from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery." Illustrated are the "experiences of Africans who were enslaved and transported to the Americas and the lives of their descendants in the slave societies of the New World." Searchable by keyword (be sure to use the search button), browsable by categories. From the University of Virginia Library.

Author:
Handler, Jerome S.; Tuite Jr., Michael L.

Publisher:
University of Virginia Library

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
African diaspora
Black History Month
Slave trade
Slavery -- America
Slavery -- History

LII Database Information:
Record 1020 created by Dennis Maness on 10/17/2002
Last modification on 08/15/2004
Published: 10/17/2002  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1020