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The Americas

General

Release

Pueblo, Col., taught fall 2002 (University of Southern Colorado : Department of History)

Extent

4 pages (ca. 57 KiB) : 1 illustr.

Last Visit

Apr 25, 2004.

Language

English

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Release

Moscow, Id., course taught fall 2000 (University of Idaho)

Extent

1 page (ca. 13 KiB)

Last Visit

Apr 26, 2004.

Language

English

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Related Names

Chotard, Yvon (president)

Release

Nantes, c 1998-2005

Extent

76 frames/pages (ca. 13.5 MiB) : 204 illustr., 3 PDF files, 1 MS Word file, Shockwave animations

Last Visit

Sep 27, 2006.

Technical Notes

Site lacks a number of referenced images.

Notes

Includes site map.

Language

French

Includes

• Traite Négrière [online exhibition] (Présentation)
• Mémoire des Migrations (Présentation)
• Les Cahiers des Anneaux de la Mémoire [print publication, online table of contents]
• Le Centre d'étude des Anneaux de la Mémoire (Présentation)
• Projets de Développement (Présentation)
• Pédagogie et Documentation

Description

Founded in 1991, 'Les anneaux de la mémoire' is a private organization that seeks to promote the commemoration of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade including – but not limited to – the history of the French port city of Nantes and its involvement in the trade. 'Les annaux' also works for equitable relations between Africa, the Americas, and Europe.

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Part of

Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora

Related Name

Lovejoy, Paul (dir.)

Release

York, Canada, (York University : Dept. of History)

Extent

1 page/frame (ca. 13.4 KiB)

Last Visit

Aug 20, 2003.

Language

English

Description

Brief project description.

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Release

Cincinnati, Ohio, c 2006

Extent

490 frames/pages (ca. 34 MiB) : 182 images, 10 PDF files

Last Visit

Sep 14, 2006.

Technical Notes

External links to "virtual movies" of the museum. – Site lacks several referenced pages.

Language

English

Includes

• Mission and History
• Core Exhibit: Brothers of the Borderland
• Core Exhibit: Slave Pen (taken from a farm in Macon Co., Kentucky)
• Core Exhibit: Escape! Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad
• Core Exhibit: Suite for Freedom (a multimedia presentation narrated by Angela Bassett, "virtual movie" of the theater available)
• Core Exhibit: From Slavery to Freedom (overview of the history of New World slavery)

Description

Incorporated in 1995, the Freedom Center is a private organization that draws on the experience of the Underground Railroad to explore and promote the struggle for freedom in history and in the contemporary world. In 2004, the Freedom Center opened a museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, that includes four core exhibits on antebellum slavery and the Underground Railroad. The museum also houses the Contemporary Slavery Institute.

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Part of

Digital History. Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research / University of Houston : Department of History, and University of Houston : College of Education

Related Name

Mintz, Steven

Release

Houston, Tex., © 2003

Extent

24 pages (ca. 310 KiB)

Last Visit

Apr 24, 2004.

Language

English

Description

Introduction to the history of the transatlantic slave trade and of slavery in North America also providing some background on the concept of of slavery and the role of the institution in Western history. — See also the related classroom handout [http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us16.cfm] with brief excerpts from primary sources and some statistics on Southern slavery accompanied by study questions.

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Related Name

Walvon, James (revd. author)

Part of

Reviews in History / Institute of Historical Research

Related Inst.

University of London : School of Advanced Studies

Release

London, Dec 1997

Extent

2 pages (ca. 128 KiB)

Last Visit

May 13, 2004.

Notes

Review of: James Walvin, Questioning Slavery (London: Routledge, 1996). With a reply by the author.

Language

English

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Part of

Digital History. Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research / University of Houston : Department of History, and University of Houston : College of Education

Related Name

Mintz, Steven

Release

Houston, Tex., © 2003

Extent

6 pages (ca. 230 KiB)

Last Visit

Apr 24, 2004.

Language

English

Includes

• Introductory readings (full texts available online)
• Annotated primary sources
• Additional resources (incl. further links and a list of films on slavery)

Description

Lists of slavery-related resources divided into 5 sections. Part of a site providing resources for the teaching of American history at highschools and colleges.

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Release

Greeley, Col., taught spring 2002 (University of Northern Colorado)

Extent

9 pages (ca. 130 KiB) : 1 MS Word doc.

Last Visit

May 4, 2004.

Language

English

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Part of

History in Focus : The Guide to Historical Resources / University of London : Institute of Historical Research

Related Names

Cook, Martin (ed.) et al.

Release

London, spring 2007

Extent

13 pages

Last Visit

Jan 23, 2008.

Language

English

Includes

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Part of

Digital History. Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research / University of Houston : Department of History, and University of Houston : College of Education

Related Name

Mintz, Steven

Release

Houston, Tex., © 2003

Extent

5 pages (ca. 270 KiB)

Last Visit

Apr 24, 2004.

Language

English

Description

Bibliography of secondary works organized by type of publication, geographical area, and topic. Two special listings dedicated to slavery in the United States and to slave narratives, their interpretation and criticism. – The most extensive general bibliography available online.

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Part of

Digital History. Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research / University of Houston : Department of History, and University of Houston : College of Education

Related Name

Mintz, Steven

Release

Houston, Tex., © 2003

Extent

1 page (ca. 78 KiB)

Last Visit

Apr 24, 2004.

Language

English

Description

Classroom handout dealing with the transatlantic slave trade and with many other facets of slavery in the United States, the Americas, and world history. Includes sections on important authors and key debates in the historiography of slavery.

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Release

Houston, Tex., taught fall 2004 (University of Houston, Downtown : Social Science Department)

Extent

1 PDF doc. (ca. 161 KiB = 7 print pages)

Last Visit

Jan 20, 2008.

Technical Notes

No longer available at origianl location (http://gator.dt.uh.edu/~rydend/484/slaverysyl.pdf). Record points to most recent versions of the syllabus stored by the Internet Archive.

Language

English

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Release

Vancouver, Wash., taught spring 2003 (Washington State University : History Department)

Extent

1 page (ca. 60 KiB)

Last Visit

Apr 25, 2004.

Language

English

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Part of

Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora

Related Name

Lovejoy, Paul (dir.)

Release

York, Canada, (York University : Dept. of History)

Extent

1 page/frame (ca. 14.8 KiB)

Last Visit

Aug 20, 2003.

Language

English

Description

Brief project description.

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Part of

Digital History. Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research / University of Houston : Department of History, and University of Houston : College of Education

Related Name

Mintz, Steven

Release

Houston, Tex., © 2003

Extent

1 page (ca. 70 KiB) : 1 illustr.

Last Visit

Apr 25, 2004.

Language

English

Description

Brief essay discussing the thesis advanced by Eric Williams's book Capitalism and Slavery.

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Part of

Digital History. Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research / University of Houston : Department of History, and University of Houston : College of Education

Related Name

Mintz, Steven

Release

Houston, Tex., © 2003

Extent

1 page (ca. 45 KiB) : 1 illustr.

Last Visit

Apr 25, 2004.

Language

English

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Related Inst.

Hull City Council
Wilberforce 2007 | Hull

Release

Hull, Engl., n. d., online since Jul 2006 (University of Hull)

Extent

30 pages (ca. 1.7 MiB) : 17 illustr., 2 PDF docs., 8 MS Word docs.

Last Visit

Sep 12, 2006.

Language

English

Includes

• Mission Statement
• People
• Conferences
• Ph.D. Program
• M.A. Program in Modern Slavery Studies, post-1500
• M.A. Program in Diversity, Culture and Identity
• M.A. Program in Criminology and Human Rights

Description

Mission Statement: "WISE is an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to the pursuit of world-class research in the areas of slavery, emancipation, human rights, and social justice, historically and in the contemporary world. It seeks to provide a forum for academic discourse and interaction, to advance academic knowledge and public understanding of historical and contemporary debates, to inform policy change and the campaigns of activists, and to work with others to generate knowledge transfer."

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Related Inst.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Part of

Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora

Related Name

Lovejoy, Paul (dir.)

Release

York, Canada, (York University : Dept. of History)

Extent

7 pages (ca. 180 KiB) : 7 illustr.

Last Visit

Aug 20, 2003.

Language

English

Includes

• Archival Inventory and Preservation of Primary Sources
• Biographical Database of Enslaved Africans
• Historical Atlas of Slavery
• Ports of the Nigerian Hinterland
• The Muslim Diaspora in the Era of the Slave Route
• Ethnic Identities in Atlantic Africa and the Diaspora
• Linkages between the Diaspora and Africa

Description

Set of cooperative research projects affiliated with UNESCO's Slave Route Project.

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