The HeinOnline resources includes the database SLAVERY IN AMERICA AND THE WORLD: HISTORY, CULTURE AND LAW. Click on the link above to get to HeinOnline--SLAVERY IN AMERICA is listed under "Browse Databases by Name."
From HeinOnline "This ... collection brings together a multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery. Our cases go into the 20th century, because long after slavery was ended, there were still court cases based on issues emanating from slavery.....Much of the non-legal material in this collection is based on the magnificent holdings of the Buffalo Public Library. Its rare book collection contains hundreds of nineteenth century pamphlets and books on slavery."
Please note: You will find the special report, The Tragedy of Lynching by Arthur Drape (1933) in the HeinOnline database. (It is contained in Hein's Legal Classics Library)
This collection includes "digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals from the American Antiquarian Society, the premier library documenting the life of America’s people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and reconstruction." Articles from the Freedmen's Journal appear in Series 4 of the database. Articles from the New York Globe appear in Series 5 of the database.
This guide was created at Marist College. Please note that some of the resources may not be accessible to non-Marist students. However, many of the links are from freely available websites so you may find this guide helpful.
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