History Reference Center
This link opens in a new windowHistory Reference Center offers full text from more than 750 history reference books and encyclopedias, and cover-to-cover full text from nearly 60 history magazines. Further, the database contains 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 12,000 historical photos and maps; and 87 hours of historical film and video.
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JSTOR
This link opens in a new windowAccess back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.
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History Vault: Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Law and Order in the 19th Century America, 1636-1880
This link opens in a new windowThis resource documents the international and domestic traffic in slaves in Britain’s New World colonies and the United States, providing important primary source material on the business aspect of the slave trade. This module also includes a series of letters received by the Attorney General that cover the slave trade, runaway slaves, Reconstruction Acts, and other key 19th century legal issues such as land claims, military affairs, piracy, and mail theft.
Henry Louis Gates Jr and Paula Kerger on "Reconstruction: American After the Civil War."