- Africans In America: The Terrible Transformation
Companion site to the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) video series. Read the narrative and then click on the Resource Bank for more detailed information on the slave trade.
- African Slave Trade Timeline
Detailed narrative and links place the American slave trade in a wider African/Atlantic context. Produced by Professor Cora Agatucci of Central Oregon Community College.
- African Americans in Early America
Colonial Williamsburg presents a collection of summaries and biographies about African American slaves in the 18th century. Also of interest is Dunmore's Proclamation attempting to free slaves who remained loyal to Britain at the outset of the Revolution.
- "Hopping John": African Influence on Southern Cooking
This recipe came to America from Africa though the slave trade. It is now the traditional dish served by many Southerners on New Year's Day. It is reported to bring good luck.
- Slave Voices
Duke University Library's exhibit probes the life experiences of American slaves from the late eighteenth century through the nineteenth century. Check out "Forced Migration" and "Plantation America" for 18th century documents.
- Memoir of "Job"
Story published in 1734, related by a white-identified author, of a highly placed African and his slave experience in the Americas.
- Early American Slavery
Read the first three chapters of Norman Coombs' book "The Black Experience in America" (1972), which provides a frank and critical interpretion of events. (Unfortunately, few of the weblinks in the text lead anywhere. If you have the time and patience, try some.)
- Nathaniel Bacon, "Declaration in the Name of the People" (1676)
The basis for Bacon's Rebellion, in the rebel leader's own words.
- Another View of Bacon's Rebellion
Robert Beverley, an English nobleman, took a critical view of Bacon's actions, but also noted the need for improved governance and social reorganization in Virginia. As it turned out, African slaves proved to be the keys to both.
- The Pueblo Rebellion
An overview of the background, the causes of and outcome of the Pueblo Rebellion of 1680.
- The California Missions
An historical overview, with photographs, of all twenty-one of the California missions.
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