History 376: History of African Americans to 1865
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Finding Primary Source Documents
United States History--Selected Resources
Citing 
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Penn School Collection Finding Aid
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Duke's Manuscripts collection
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Slaves--United States--Social Conditions
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America, History and Life
An index for North American history consisting of journal articles,
books, book chapters, dissertations & book reviews. America, History and Life is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present..
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text
Provides information from a wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics.
Daily Life in Civil War America
Has a section on slaves' clothing
Accessible Archives
Has Godey's Ladys Book, African American Newspapers: 19th century, Civil War a Newspaper Pers.
HarpWeek
Harper's Weekly was one of the most important serials of nineteenth-century America, because it provided detailed information about cultural, military, political, and social issues. Its illustrations helped readers visualize current events.
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JSTOR
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Early American Newspapers
Covers 1690-1900. You can limit search by geograpy, by eras.
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Diaries and Letters
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
Over 400 diaries and collections of letters written by men and women on both sides of the Civil War.
Websites
Gladrags.com
Guide on costume with many links to websites
Images of African Americans from the 19th Century
Good introductory materials
DocSouth
Digitized materials, including photos, in a variety of subjects relating to Southern history and culture
Census/Statistics
Historical Statistics of the United States
Essays and statistics that can be downloaded
HeritageQuest
Has the actual names from historical censuses. Can trace a family, occupations
Reference sources
Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895
Article on clothing
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history : the Black experience in the Americas
Article on the black dandy
E-Books
New Raiments of Self: African American Clothing in the AnteBellum South
Relevant ebook from ebrary
ebrary
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
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encyclopedias in electronic format.
Limit to E-Books in the Catalog
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