Links

Here you will find a collection of links to websites pertaining to slavery, abolition, and their legacies. The links are organized under two broad categories: Institutional Resources and Digital Databases. The former highlight prominent organizations and institutions, while the latter focus on digitized primary source material. The sites featured here represent only a small fraction of the vast amount of material available online and their inclusion does not constitute any special endorsement by Yale or the Gilder Lehrman Center.

Featured Link

Fold3 (formerly Footnote.com) provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. Collection highlights include the papers of the American Colonization Society, the Amistad federal court records, the Mathew Brady Civil War Photos, the documents of the Southern Claims Commission, Slave Court Records for the District of Columbia, the Registro Central de Esclavos for Puerto Rico, and Slavery and Emancipation in the Danish West Indies.