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The most ambitious project of its kind, Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive embraces the scholarly study

An unparalleled collection on the history of slavery. "Thanks to Gale's Slavery and Anti-Slavery: Debates over Slavery and Abolition archive, the first of four massive transnational digital archives on slavery, the information we need to research, write, teach, understand, and explain slavery is re

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The most ambitious project of its kind, Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive embraces the scholarly study

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    2. An unparalleled collection on the history of slavery "Thanks to Gale’s Slavery and Anti-Slavery: Debates over Slavery and Abolition archive, the first of four massive transnational digital archives on slavery, the information we need to research, write, teach, understand, and explain slavery is readily available, and in a comprehensive, usable format.“ — Orville Vernon Burton Coastal Carolina University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    3. The most ambitious project of its kind

    4. The world’s largest archive of the history of slavery

    5. More than a collection of resources This primary-source database was prepared for the serious researcher, but also contains extensive reference material that will reach a less expert audience.

    6. Covers a wide spectrum of interests related to the history of slavery Legal Issues The Caribbean The American South, race and the Civil War Children and women under slavery Modes of resistance Much more

    7. New research possibilities Make new connections? searching across books, pamphlets, manuscripts, newspapers, and Gale resources*?with Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, and Making of Modern Law: Trials *available to MOML customers

    8. Access rare historical manuscript collections that were previously accessible only through microfilm – or restricted to academic reading rooms in multiple locations

    9. Discover opposing views, enriching lectures, papers and discussions New research possibilities

    10. New research possibilities Conduct interdisciplinary and comparative analysis, explore new research questions and take intuitive leaps

    12. Searchable by document type

    13. Enhanced clarity The finding aids of all manuscript collections have been updated to include more usable data Whenever needed and possible, images have been rescanned to improve quality

    14. Access to rare collections More than a dozen historical collections are presented digitally, in their entirety, adding depth and context to the study of the history of slavery.

    15. Part I: Debates over Slavery and Abolition

    16. Composed of 1.5 million pages, Debates sheds light on: The Abolitionist movement ? and conflicts within it Anti-slavery and pro-slavery arguments of the period Debates on the subject of colonization Much more Part I: Debates over Slavery and Abolition

    17. Transnational Focus While Part I: Debates over Slavery and Abolition supports research with a U.S. focus, it also facilitates comparative research with resources from Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean – allowing for comparative research

    18. Explore multiple facets of the controversy, focusing on economic, gender, legal, religious and government issues Multifaceted Study

    19. Distinguished Review Board Vernon Burton, Coastal Carolina University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ira Berlin, University of Maryland Laurent Dubois, Duke University James Horton, George Washington University Charles Joyner, Coastal Carolina University Wilma King, University of Missouri-Columbia Daniel Littlefield, University of South Carolina Cassandra Pybus, University of Sydney John Thornton, Boston University Chris Waldrep, San Francisco State University

    20. Visit our website or contact your sales representative for more information www.gale.cengage.com/digitalcollections

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