LibGuides: HIST 115/AFST 115: Black history through the lens of Black women: Websites

And take a look at these websites

Below are selected websites containing primary source material (some of these sites contain secondary source material as well). Most of the descriptions provided are taken directly from the website and are in quotes. As with any website, you should carefully evaluate the site for quality and credibility. Some of these sites provide a link describing terms of use and how to credit and/or cite materials.

8 Black Women Labor Leaders You Should Know
African American History Project (Univ. of Florida)
African American Perspectives
Black Abolitionist Archive
Black Freedom Struggle
BlackPast.Org: Primary Documents
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938
Digital Public Library of America
Documenting the American South (UNC)
Frederick Douglass Newspapers, 1847 to 1874
Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
Freedman's Bureau Online
Freedmen and Southern Society Project (Univ. of Maryland)
Freedom's Journal: The First U.S. African-American Owned Newspaper
HIstorical African American Newspapers Available Online (Marist)
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience "n Motion: The African-American Migration Experience presents more than 16,500 pages of texts, 8,300 illustrations, and more than 60 maps. The Web site is organized around thirteen defining migrations that have formed and transformed African America and the nation." Provided by the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture.
North American Slave Narratives
PBS - Inspiration Black Women in History
Slaves and the Courts, 1740 to 1860
Slave Voyages
Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories
Women in Black Power