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==Online Resources== | ==Online Resources== | ||
*'''1501-1875''' [https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/database Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Database] at SlaveVoyages - Index. | |||
*'''1775-1867''' [https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/ Race and Slavery Petitions] at Digital Library on American Slavery - index; court records regarding enslaved peoples; covers 15 slaveholding states | *'''1775-1867''' [https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/ Race and Slavery Petitions] at Digital Library on American Slavery - index; court records regarding enslaved peoples; covers 15 slaveholding states | ||
*[https://enslaved.org/ Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade] - includes records of those enslaved, including court records, and links to relevant databases and projects documenting individuals | |||
*[https://home.heinonline.org/content/slavery-in-america-and-the-world/ Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture and Law] at HeinOnline - available through public libraries; lists all colony, state and federal statutes related to slavery in the U.S. including cases regarding slavery | |||
*[https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/lantern/ The Lantern Project (Legal Records Documenting Enslaved Persons)] at Mississippi State University Libraries — index & images | |||
==Court Records== | ==Court Records== | ||
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The Library of Congress has a collection called [https://www.loc.gov/collections/slavery-and-the-judiciary-from-1740-to-1860/about-this-collection/ Slavery and the Judiciary, 1740 to 1860]. | The Library of Congress has a collection called [https://www.loc.gov/collections/slavery-and-the-judiciary-from-1740-to-1860/about-this-collection/ Slavery and the Judiciary, 1740 to 1860]. | ||
The book ''State Slavery Statutes: Guide to the Microfiche Collection'': {{FSC|744709|item|disp= FS Catalog 975 F23s}}, by Paul Finkelman, includes an index by subjects, names and geographic locations. State slavery statutes for the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. | The book ''State Slavery Statutes: Guide to the Microfiche Collection'': {{FSC|744709|item|disp= FS Catalog book 975 F23s}}, by Paul Finkelman, includes an index by subjects, names and geographic locations. State slavery statutes for the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. | ||
The FamilySearch Library has the 354 microfiche collection of {{FSC|723107|item|disp=State Slavery Statutes}}, typescript original records created by the General Assembles of the states. The records are the acts of laws. Published by University Publications of America. | The FamilySearch Library has the 354 microfiche collection of {{FSC|723107|item|disp=State Slavery Statutes}}, typescript original records created by the General Assembles of the states. The records are the acts of laws. Published by University Publications of America. | ||
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===Judicial Cases=== | ===Judicial Cases=== | ||
*''Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro'' by Helen Tunnicliff Catterall, ed. | *''Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro,'' by Helen Tunnicliff Catterall, ed., five volumes. Reprint of the 1926 edition published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. New York, New York, Negro Universities Press, 1968. {{FSC|29628|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 F2aca v. 1-5 and digital versions.}} | ||
===Registers of Enslaved Persons, Registers of Freedmen, and Manumission Papers=== | ===Registers of Enslaved Persons, Registers of Freedmen, and Manumission Papers=== | ||