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Museums

Captive Passage. The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas [Online Exhibition] / Arduini, Mark et al.
Part of
The Mariners' Museum
Related Inst.
South Street Seaport Museum
National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside (Liverpool, England)
Release
Newport News, Va., c 2002
Extent
167 pages (ca. 9.8 MiB) : 158 illustr.
Last Visit
Oct 2, 2006.
Language
English
Includes
Description
Online exhibition hosted by "North America's largest maritime museum," a private institution founded in 1930. – The pages were originally created to accompany a travelling exhibition of the same title that was shown at the Mariners' Museum from May through December 2002. The presentation consists of a series of sequentially linked pages featuring introductory texts by the curators, excerpts from primary sources, historical images, and modern photographs of historical sites. Some of the sections suggest hands-on activities for students of grades 3-12.
Exploring Amistad: Race and the Boundaries of Slavery in Antebellum Maritime America / Mystic Seaport, the Museum of America and the Sea
Related Inst.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Release
Mystic Seaport, Conn., © 1997
Extent
n/a
Last Visit
Apr 26, 2004.
Notes
Includes sitemap and local search (also covering full text of primary documents).
Language
English
Includes
Description
The very rich site presents the Amistad court case, the itinerary of the Africans at its center, and the public discussion it generated. The incident is used to examine many of the wider issues relating to slavery in the antebellum United States. – The texts introducing and discussing the case are accompanied by historical illustrations and linked to source material, a wide selection of which is available online from the site's library section. — The Mystic Seaport Museum houses a replica of the Amistad .
Groupe de travail – Musées d'Archéologie et d'Histoire: La route des esclaves
Related Name
Camara, Abdoulaye (coord.)
Part of
International Commitee for Museums and Collections of Archeology and History (ICMAH)
Related Inst.
International Council of Museums (ICOM)
Release
Paris, Aug-Nov 2002
Extent
6 pages (ca. 160 KiB) : 2 MS Word docs., 1 illustr.
Last Visit
Jul 10, 2003.
Language
French
Description
The group was established in 1997 and adopted its present name in 1999. It seeks to help recovering the memory of the slave trade inventorizing sites and institutions involved in the trade, promoting access to archival collections, and assisting in exhibitions. Initially dedicated to the transatlantic slave trade, the group extended its focus to the transsaharan and Indian Ocean trades.
La Maison des Esclaves
Related Names
Ndiaye, Boubacar Joseph (curator)
Release
Gorée, n. d. (iFrance (Commercial))
Extent
10 pages (ca. 800 KiB) : 1 table in CSV format, 12 illustr.
Last Visit
Jul 4, 2003.
Language
French
Description
Web presentation of the museum at Gorée Island (Senegal), which has become one of the prominent locations for the commemoration of the transatlantic slave trade on the West African coast.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
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
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.
Slave Ship Fredensborg
Part of
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) : Den norske UNESCO-kommisjonen
Release
Oslo, n. d. [ 2000 (?)][start page stamped Jan 2004]
Extent
50 pages (ca. 2.9 MiB) : 88 illustr.
Last Visit
Jan 20, 2008.
Language
English
Includes
Description
Presents the history of a Danish-Norwegian slaver that sunk off the coast Norway upon her return from the West Indies in December 1768. The wreck of the ship was discovered in the 1970s.
A Slave Ship Speaks. The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie / Adams, Russell et al.
Part of
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society
Release
Key West, Fla., c 2001
Extent
40 pages (ca. 181.7 MiB) : 25 PDF docs., 223 illustr., 3 audio files, 1 shockwave-flash animation
Last Visit
Jan 7, 2008.
Technical Notes
Some scanned newspaper clippings provided as PDF files of extremely large size (up to 37.5 MiB).
Language
English | Spanish
Includes
Description
Online exhibit presenting the history and wreck of an English slave ship sunk off the coast of Florida in 1700 during her return to England. The physical exhibition is currently (tour calendar). The web site provides (apart from the online Teacher's Guide) information on related offline teaching resources available for purchase or rent (nominal charges).
Virtual Visit of Gorée Island. The House of Slaves (Dakar, Sénégal)
Related Names
Cadiou, Richard et al.
Part of
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) : Information Society Division, and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) : Regional Office, Dakar, Senegal
Release
Paris, and Dakar, n. d.
Extent
36 pages (ca. 1.4 MiB) : 39 illustr. + 1 video file (ca. 10 min.) (based on Engl. version)
Last Visit
Apr 26, 2004.
Technical Notes
African mirror available.
Language
English | French
Includes
Vivre, survivre … et être libre. L'esclavage antillais: apogée et effondrement d'un système
Part of
Musée Départemental d'Archéologie précolombienne et de préhistoire de la Martinique, and International Comittee of Museums of Archeology and History (ICMAH)
Release
Fort de France, Martinique, n. d. [ May 1998] (Conseil Général de la Martinique)
Extent
5 pages (ca. 90 KiB) : 5 illustr.
Last Visit
Sep 24, 2006.
Technical Notes
Defective: lacks some reference pages. – Originally at: http://www.cg972.fr/mdap/expo/expo1/default.htm. – Withdrawn. – Record points to last version of site stored at the Internet Archive.
Language
French
Description
Site accompanying an exhibition shown at the museum from May through November 1998 on occasion of the 150th anniversary of abolition in the French Caribbean.
Wilberforce House
Release
Kingston upon Hull, n. d. [start page stamped Nov 2003] (Kingston Upon Hull City Council)
Extent
29 pages (ca. 4.6 MiB) : 136 illustr.
Last Visit
Jul 4, 2003.
Language
English
Includes
Description
Web presentation of a museum in the birth house of British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833).

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