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Slavery, Abolition & Social Justice Search primary sources from archives and libraries across the Atlantic world related to slavery, abolition, and social justice.
Sources in U.S. History Online: The American Revolution Search primary documents from the time of the American Revolution, including official correspondence, personal letters, collected writings of key figures, speeches, memoirs and narratives of soldiers and civilians, histories, and biographies.
Southern Life, Slavery and the Civil War: ProQuest History Vault Search primary source material focusing on the experience of enslaved individuals in the Antebellum South. The collection includes material from the important microfilm collection "Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution to the Civil War" as well as material exploring the experience of enslaved individuals in a variety of industrial enterprises.
Virginia Company Archives Search the "Ferrar Papers," 1590–1790, and The Records of the Virginia Company.
Washington Papers Digital Edition A landmark in historical scholarship, The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition encompasses five separate series and the complete diaries. This digital edition offers the full content of 75 letterpress volumes in a single online publication.
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