Record #831 (edit record; developers only)

Date: 1801

Event:

Abolition: A struggle begins over the sale of St. Vincent and Trinidad crown lands. St. Bartholomew is captured, as are all Danish West Indies.

Topics:

*Abolition
*Colonialism  

Links for Abolition:

William Murray, Lord Mansfield (Notes on the career of Mansfield.) (Laura Mandell)

Matthew Lewis on Colonial Slavery (Quotes from the slaveholder Matthew Lewis on slavery, which he sees as offering better conditions than those of laborers in England.) (Laura Mandell)

Emancipation Debate (Notes on the abolition debate, including Thomas Canning's speaking on behalf of emancipation.) (Laura Mandell)

Equiano: Describes the Horrors of the Middle Passage (Excerpts from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.) (Steven Mintz)

Equiano: Describes His Arrival in the New World (Excerpts from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.) (Steven Mintz)

Equiano: Describes West African Religious Beliefs and Practices (Excerpts from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.) (Steven Mintz)

Equiano: Remembers His Kidnapping (Excerpts from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.) (Steven Mintz)

The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself (Transcription of the narrative by Mary Pierce.) (Rita Raley)

Aronowitz's Abolition Page (Resources include history of the movement, art, primary texts, et al.) (Mark Aronowitz)

African-American Mosaic Exhibit: Aboliton (Collection of mosaics relating to slavery and abolition.) (Library of Congress)

Influence of Prominent Abolitionists (Collection of mosaics realting to abolition and the influence of certain abolitionists including Garrison, et al.) (Library of Congress)

Conflict of Abolition and Slavery (Collection of mosaics relating to the abolition movement.) (Library of Congress)

Confessions of Nat Turner, 1831 (HTML transcription of the text of the leader of the famed slave revolt. Important as a abolition text.) (American Revolution HTML Project)

Jupiter Hammon, "An Address to the Negroes in the State of New York" (1787 (Text-only transcription of the text.) (U. Virginia)

Excerpts from Slave Narratives (Collection of transcriptions from slaves.) (Steven Mintz)

Slavery Bibliography, Part 1 (Comprehensive bibliography of slavery and abolition texts.) (Steven Mintz)

Slavery Bibliography, Part 2 (Comprehensive bibliography of slavery and abolition texts.) (Steven Mintz)

David Brion Davis & Steven Mintz, (Gilder Lehrman Institute) "The Origins and Nature of New World Slavery" (2-week seminar at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, N.Y. City. Indirectly relates to abolition.)

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, N.Y. City (Collection of abolition and slavery course-related resources.) (Steven Mintz)

Studies in the World History of Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation (Online journal.) (Patrick Manning & John Saillant)

Mary Prince, The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. (edited Electronic Edition of The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. Related by Herself. With a Supplement by the Editor. To Which Is Added, the Narrative of Asa-Asa, a Captured African; funded by NEH.) (LeeAnn Morawski)

British History, The Slave Trade (required curriculum in UK)

Anti-Slavery Movement (encyclopedia entry)

Thomas Clarkson (encyclopedia entry)

William Wilberforce (encyclopedia entry)

John Gabriel Stedman, Narrative of Joanna; an emancipated slave (from Stedman's Narrative of a Five Year's Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: Electronic Edition sponsored by NEH) (Natalia Smith)

Ashton Warner, Negro Slavery Described (online edition sponsored by NEH) (Natalia Smith)

James Williams, A Narrative of Events Since the First of August, 1834 (online transcription, sponsored by NEH) (Natalie Smith)

 

Links for Colonialism:

Speech on conciliation with America, March 22, 1775 (Text-only transcription of Burke's speech.) (American Revolution HTML Project)

Matthew Lewis on Colonial Slavery (Quotes from the slaveholder Matthew Lewis on slavery, which he sees as offering better conditions than those of laborers in England.) (Laura Mandell)

Rajiv Gandhi (History of the prime minister of independent India.) (Vinay Lal)

Public Interest Litigation (Role of the courts in the modern history of India, particularly how the Supreme Court has been known to intervene in domestic affairs.) (Vinay Lal)

The Victorian Canon ("Web site devoted to investigating the problem of taste and aesthetics with regard to the Victorian canon in particular, and to the canon debates in the academy in general . . .contains on-line syllabi [e.g. Victoriana: The Popular Canon; The Victorian Novel; Victorian Poetry; The Novel and the Long 19th Century; Literature of Empire], on-line texts [including short stories by Lady Jane Wilde and Mary Elizabeth Braddon], images, external links, and a theory archive"; includes information about imperialism/colonialism in the Victorian Age.) (Jennifer Jones & Rita Raley)

The East India Company (History of the East India Company and its role in the occupation of India by the British.) (Vinay Lal)

Black Hole of Calcutta (History of the incident--a probable fabrication--and its influence on the British occupying India.) (Vinay Lal)

Robert Clive (History of Clive's involvement in the British occupation of India.) (Vinay Lal)

Warren Hastings (History of the British commander, involved in the occupation of India.) (Vinay Lal)

Battle of Plassey (History of the "battle" between the British and the Indian forces of the Nawab.) (Vinay Lal)

Siraj-ud-daulah (Brief history of the British Nawab and his end at the hands of the Indians and British sympathizers.) (Vinay Lal)

The Mughal Empire (History of the Mughals and their involvement with the British occupiers of India.) (Vinay Lal)

Aurangzeb (History of the Mughal ruler and his involvement with the British occupiers of India.) (Vinay Lal)

Lal Bahadur Shastri (History of the ruler of independent India.) (Vinay Lal)

Indira Gandhi (History of the prime minister of independent India.) (Vinay Lal)

 

   

Record Created or Last Modified By:

Shawn Mummert

Date Last Modified:

6/25/1999


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