"This guide lists the numerous examples of government documents, manuscripts, books, photographs, recordings and films in the collections of the Library of Cong

“Traces the history of abolition from the 1600s to the 1860s . . . a valuable addition to our understanding of the role of race and racism in America.”—Fl

The abolition of slavery across large parts of the world was one of the most significant transformations in the nineteenth century, shaping economies, societies

African slavery was pervasive in Spain’s Atlantic empire yet remained in the margins of the imperial economy until the end of the eighteenth century when the