Slave-Studies.net. A Portal for Research & Education

About Slave-Studies.net

Mission

Slave-Studies.net offers a subject catalog and a search engine providing access to internet resources for the study of slavery and abolition across all geographical areas and historical periods (with the exception of forced labor and sexual slavery under totalitarian regimes in the 20th century).

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Entry Selection Criteria

In keeping with this mission, Slave-Studies.net catalogues the following material:

• specialized search engines and gateways to pertinent online information;
• information on archival and library collections;
• web pages of permanent research groups and institutes specialized in the field;
• project pages providing information on current research;
• specialized discussion fora;

• information on teacher training;
• descriptions of specialized degree programs;

• professionally authored or edited online publications of …
  • reference material such as encyclopedia articles, chronologies, bibliographies, etc.;
  • research-based papers, articles, monographs, and theses;
  • book and multimedia reviews;
  • primary sources including audio-visual material, databases, etc.;
  • resources for teaching at all levels including syllabi, textbooks, lesson plans, etc.

• web pages of human rights advocacy groups specialized in the fight against slavery;
• reports on contemporary forms of slavery produced by non-governmental organizations, by national administrations and parliaments, and by international organizations;

• online museums and exhibits focused on slavery, the slave trade, and abolition.
• other web pages dedicated to the commemoration of slavery, the slave trade, and abolition and to the discussion of their legacy (incl. sites discussing the issue of reparations).

Slave-Studies.net seeks to provide a systematic multilingual coverage, but describes all catalog entries in English language.

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Current Effective Coverage

Substantial coverage: Headings listing – in the judgment of the editor – the most important relevant sites. These headings currently include:

Fair coverage: Headings listing – in the judgment of the editor – a fair sample of the relevant sites. These headings currently include:

Cursory coverage: Headings listing one or more relevant sites, but not offering systematic access to the resources available. All headings not listed above should be considered part of this group.

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The Slave-Studies.net Logo

Source: Am I Not a Man and a Brother? – grey-scale thumbnail of a woodcut taken from Sam Daniel (comp.), Images of African-American Slavery and Freedom. From the Collections of the Library of Congress (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress Web Site, September 2001-April 2003),
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/082_slave.html, accessed on 30 April 2004. Appeared originally with John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Our Countrymen in Chains" on a broadside sold by the Anti-Slavery Office, New York, bearing the date 1837.

Description: The logo of Slave-Studies.net is the famous emblem of the abolitionist movement. It shows a kneeling African slave, who lifts up his chained arms in prayer. The English Society for the Abolition of Slavery chose the picture as its symbol in the 1780s. It has often been reproduced in print, on medaillons and other artifacts – and more recently also on the internet.

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Accessibility

A panel at the bottom of each page indicates the access keys available for navigating the site. The activation keys for this feature and its implementation are browser and OS dependent (ALT or CMD + access key in most browsers under Windows and MAC OS respectively; press SHIFT + ESC followed by the access key under Opera; press #, then 0 followed by the access key under Lynx).

In keeping with the general policies of the WWW Virtual Library, the editor has made an effort to ensure broad accessibility of the site to users with impaired sight or without access to graphical devices. Any comments and suggestions would be appreciated.

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Disclaimer

The editor of Slave-Studies.net does not take any responsibility for the contents of the sites in the catalog.

Every effort is made to list only high-quality web sites satisfying scholarly standards. Inevitably, however, the evaluation of the sites is largely based on formal criteria. Therefore, inclusion of a site in Slave-Studies.net does not guarantee that it is free from errors, that it provides a balanced selection of materials on a given issue, or that it advances well-argued and tenable interpretations of the materials presented.

Slave-Studies.net does not list sites promoting racism or antisemitism or otherwise serving the ends of hate groups. Occasional users are advised that the historical sources included in the catalogue might and in many cases will portray slaves and slavery in language that is today recognized as offensive and unacceptable.

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Copyright Notice

The editor reserves all rights in Slave-Studies.net including – but not limited to – the name of the site, the catalog entries, the system of headings within the sections Reference and Geographic-Chronological Index, and the tri-partite coverage classification. The Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 11 March 1996 on the Legal Protection of Databases provides "copyright protection for the intellectual creation involved in the selection and arrangement of materials; [and] sui generis protection for the investment (financial and in terms of human resources, effort and energy) in the obtaining, verification or presentation of the contents of a database."

The editor believes that material appearing on this site, but not created by himself is in the public domain, or that its incorporation constitutes fair use in accordance with common scholarly practice. — The editor does not take any responsibility for any possible copyright violations by sites listed in the catalog. Please contact the editor if you think that Slave-Studies.net infringes a copyright. Materials will be withdrawn from the site if the editor becomes aware of a copyright violation.

The title "WWW Virtual Library" and the book-and-globe logo pictured on the pages of the History Network are under copyright © by Tim Berners-Lee and the WWW Virtual Library. All rights reserved. See also Professor Lynn H. Nelson's note (PDF) about the use of the book-and-globe logo by the History Network at the EUI.

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Citation

Citation

Meyer, Claus K., ed. Slave Studies.net. A Portal for Education and Research (http://www.Slave-Studies.net/). Part of: The Virtual Library History – European History Project, coord. by Serge Noiret and Iñaki López Martín. Florence: The Library of the European University Institute, ©2003-2007. Accessed on [date of visit].

Online since

May 2004

Last update

Oct 11, 2007

Last link check

Sep 23, 2006

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