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. DATABASES : HISTORY : SLAVERY: FEE BASED SOURCE Gale Launches Groundbreaking Reference Source - Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive Gale Launches Groundbreaking Reference Source - Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive <http://pressroom.gale.com/2009/06/gale-launches-groundbreaking- reference-source-slavery-and-antislavery-a-transnational-archive.html> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://tinyurl.com/lcytbc> Farmington Hills, Mich., June 26, 2009 Gale, part of Cengage Learning, today introduced a new electronic resource offering the most comprehensive archive available chronicling slavery from the 16th Century through the early 20th Century. Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive, represents the first-ever, large-scale database to make available historical books, manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, court records, and other sources in one cross-searchable location. <snip> The first of the four-part series, Debates over Slavery and Abolition, explores the varying viewpoints and debates that surrounded the practice, experience and eventual abolition of slavery in the U.S., as well as in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. It will be followed by Part II in 2011. Once completed, the entire four-part digital archive will comprise 5 million pages of documents. This collection--Debates over Slavery and Abolition, Slave Trade in the Atlantic World, Institution of Slavery, Age of Emancipation--embraces the historical study of slavery in a comprehensive, conceptual and global way. Collections drawn from institutions such as Amistad Research Center, Oberlin College, Yale University, and Oxford University allow for unparalleled depth and breadth of content. <snip> A sampling of the sources represented in the series Books and Pamphlets Anti-Slavery Collection from Oberlin College Anti-Slavery Collection from Oxford University Eighteenth Century Collection Sabin Americana Slavery Tracts and Pamphlets from the West India Committee Collection The Slave Trade Book and Pamphlet Collection; 1680-1865 from the Royal Commonwealth Society Manuscripts The American Missionary Association Archives, 1839-1882 from the Amistad Research Center The Slave Trade Papers: Papers of Sir Thomas Fowell-Buxton from Oxford University The Lewis Tappan Papers from the Library of Congress The Salmon Chase Papers from the Library of Congress ------------------------------------ The complete press release may be read at the URL above. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [hidden email] <http://daviddillard.businesscard2.com> Net-Gold <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> Index: <http://tinyurl.com/myxb4w> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> <http://groups.google.com/group/net-gold?hl=en> <http://net-gold.jiglu.com/> General Internet & Print Resources <http://guides.temple.edu/general-internet> COUNTRIES <http://guides.temple.edu/general-country-info> EMPLOYMENT <http://guides.temple.edu/EMPLOYMENT> TOURISM <http://guides.temple.edu/tourism> DISABILITIES http://guides.temple.edu/DISABILITIES INDOOR GARDENING <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/> Educator-Gold <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/> K12ADMINLIFE <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/K12AdminLIFE/> Nina Dillard's Photographs on Net-Gold <http://tinyurl.com/36qd2o> Net-Gold Membership Required to View Photos Twitter: davidpdillard Bushell, R. & Sheldon, P. (eds), Wellness and Tourism: Mind, Body, Spirit, Place, New York: Cognizant Communication Books. Wellness Tourism: Bibliographic and Webliographic Essay David P. Dillard <http://tinyurl.com/p63whl> <http://tinyurl.com/ou53aw> INDOOR GARDENING Improve Your Chances for Indoor Gardening Success http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/ http://groups.google.com/group/indoor-gardening-and-urban-gardening http://indoorgardening.jiglu.com/ . |
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