Welcome to the Yale Slavery and Abolition Portal
This site is designed to help researchers and Yale students find primary sources related to slavery, abolition, and resistance within the university's many libraries and galleries. Select a library collection from the list across the top or use the search function to sort collections by topic. Consult the research page for information about how to find additional source material.
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Slavery PamphletsThe independently catalogued “Slavery Pamphlets” include over 750 books and tracts from several different regions and time periods. The bulk of the collection consists of American and British pamphlets and includes Elizabeth Heyrick's famous work, Immediate, Not Gradual Abolition (1824), which marked a revolutionary turn in transatlantic antislavery politics. |
