HIS 179/365/373/375/460: Antebellum African American History: Home

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See also the Colored Conventions Project, which uses "historical images and documents to provide further insight into the Colored Conventions and expand our understanding of early Black organizing" (University of Delaware).

This research guide supports the following courses taught by Drs. Audain and Hollander:

• HIS 179: African-Americans to 1865
• HIS 365: Enslaved Women in Antebellum America
• HIS 373: Slavery and Black Womanhood
• HIS 375: Race and Gender in the 19th Century American South
• HIS 460: Reading Seminar in American Slavery
• HIS 463: Slavery and the City

Use the blue tabs (above) or Table of Contents (left-hand column) to find reference works; secondary sources such as scholarly books and peer-reviewed journal articles; and primary sources including historical newspapers, the writings of abolitionists, etc. from the Antebellum Period, U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), and Reconstruction (1865-1877).

See the Guide Author box (right-hand column) to schedule your research consultation.