Slavery
These documents highlight the stories of individuals and government issues dealing with slavery in the United States.
Featured Pages
Slavery Era Titles
- Continental Congress
- Foreign Letters of Continental Congress
- Danish West Indies Slave Records
- Suppression of Slave Trade and Colonization (1854-72)
- Domestic Letters of the Dept. of State
- Revolutionary War Rolls
- Amistad - Federal court records
- Amistad - Supreme Court records
- American Colonization Society
Historical Documents about Slavery
Letter, Quakers to R. H. Lee about the evils of slavery
Letter, George Washington writes about slaves taken from New York
Thomas Jefferson resolving problem of slaves escaping to Florida
Story, runaway slaves who insulted master
Free slave raising money to buy wife