"
2007-2008
Amistad America's Atlantic Freedom Tour."
AMISTAD America.
http://www.amistadamerica.org/
The Freedom Schooner Amistad, replica of the original ship that was
commandeered by Africans who had been captured in 1839, retraces the
Middle Passage of the slave trade on its 2007-2008 Atlantic Freedom
Tour. The interactive website records events of this historic
transatlantic voyage and provides travelogues / blogs, tour
information, historical aspects, media gallery and resources for
teachers and students.
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"
Abolition
of Slavery." National Archives of the United
Kingdom.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/slavery/
Comprehensive information resource containing research guides, online
resources and links to material for further reading.
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"
Bicentennial
Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade."
CARICOM Secretariat.
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community_organs/slave_trade_index.jsp
Contains links to the documents of the African Diaspora Global
Conference : Caribbean Regional Consultation, 27-28 August 2007,
speeches and news releases.
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"
Breaking
the Silence : Learning About the Transatlantic Slave Trade."
Anti-Slavery International.
http://www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/
Aims to help teachers and educators to break the silence that continues
to surround the story of the enslavement of Africa that began over 500
years ago.
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"
Breaking
the Silence : The Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project (TST)."
Unesco.
http://www.unesco.org/education/asp/tst/
Launched in 1998, it aims to break the silence surrounding the
Transatlantic Slave Trade, while forging new triangular links between
over 120 ASPnet schools in 22 countries in Africa, the Americas, the
Caribbean and Europe.
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"
Captive
Passage : The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas ."
The Mariners' Museum.
http://www.mariner.org/captivepassage/
Comprises 6 sections ranging from the
Departure from Africa
through the
Middle Passage and
Legacy
- "permanent imprint on both the Old World and the New".
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"
CLASH." Comité de Liaison et d'Application des Sources Historiques.
http://www.c-l-a-s-h.info/
Educational website on resources dedicated to the history of Saint-Barthélemy focusing on slave trade, slavery,
and its abolition.
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"
Emancipation."
National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and
Tobago.
http://library2.nalis.gov.tt/Default.aspx?PageContentID=447&tabid=216
Website has many sections including: the TriangularTrade, the Abolition
of the Slave Trade, Haiti: the First Black Republic, Slavery and
Emancipation in Trinidad and Tobago, Slave Deeds, etc.
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"
International
Day for the Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of
the Transatlantic Slave Trade." UN Department
of Public Information.
http://www.un.org/events/slaveryabolition/index.shtml
Includes the messages of UN Secretary-General and the President of the
General Assembly, statements, resolution, panel discussion, webcast,
news stories, poster, etc. International day observed in 2007.
Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
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"
International
Slavery Museum." National Museums Liverpool.
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/
Explores both the historical and contemporary aspects of slavery,
addresses the many legacies of the slave trade and tells stories of
bravery and rebellion amongst the enslaved people.
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"
Lest
We Forget : The Triumph Over Slavery."
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Unesco Slave
Route Project.
http://digital.nypl.org/lwf/flash.html
Website and travelling version of an exhibition which focuses on the
centrality of the slave trade in the making of the modern world.
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"
Roots
: The African Background of American Culture Through the Trans-Atlantic
Slave Trade." Roots Institute.
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~roots/
Collection of bibliographies and other resources on the transatlantic
slave trade. Also contains syllabi used in teaching African and
African-American history and studies and related courses.
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"
The
Slave Route." Unesco.
http://www.unesco.org/culture/slaveroute/
The project was officially launched at the First Session of the
International Scientific Committee of the Slave Route in September 1994
in Ouidah (Benin). Website comprises many resources, features, Unesco's
programmes around the project, news items and more. Available in
English, French and Spanish.
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"
Slave
Trade : A Select Bibliography." National
Library of Jamaica.
http://www.nlj.org.jm/abolition.htm
Prepared in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of
the slave trade, the website provides links to historical documents and
information.
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"
Slave
Trade Archives." Unesco.
http://webworld.unesco.org/slave_quest/en/
This Project was launched in 1999 with the aim of improving access to,
and safeguarding of, original documents related to the transatlantic
slave trade and slavery throughout the world. Part of the UNESCO Memory
of the World programme.
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"
Student
Videoconference on the Transatlantic Slave Trade."
Cyberschoolbus.
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/slavetrade/vconference/overview.asp
Live videoconference on 28 March 2008, during which high school
students assembled at United Nations Headquarters in New York have the
opportunity to interact with peers worldwide who have been studying the
transatlantic slave trade. The event is webcast and students around the
world participate by sending comments and questions.
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"
La
traite négrière transatlantique,
l’esclavage colonial et leurs abolitions."
Potomitan.
http://www.potomitan.info/bibliographie/traite.php
Resources on the transatlantic slave trade.
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"
Trans-Atlantic
Slave Trade Database." W.E.B. Du Bois
Institute for African and African American Research.
http://www.dubois.fas.harvard.edu/research_projects/trans_atlantic_slave_trade_database.html
CD-Rom set containing detailed information on 27,227 transatlantic
slave trading voyages that occurred between 1650 and 1867.
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"
The
Transatlantic Slave Trade." Schomburg Center
for Research in Black Culture.
http://www.inmotionaame.org/migrations/landing.cfm?migration=1
One of the 13 defining migrations of the website entitled
In
Motion: The African-American Migration Experience.
Contains a narrative, illustrations, research resources, maps and
lesson plans.
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"
Transatlantic
Slavery : Selected Bibliography." Smithsonian
Institution Libraries, Anacostia Museum and Center for African American
History & Culture.
http://www.sil.si.edu/silpublications/transatlanticslavery.htm
Includes sections on the transatlantic slave trade, historiography,
songs and music, women, etc.
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"
La Trata de
Esclavos en los Archivos Cubanos." Archivo
Nacional de la República de Cuba.
http://www.arnac.cu/
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"
The
UN Commemorates the Bicentennial of the British Abolition of the
Transatlantic Slave Trade." Schomburg Center
for Research in Black Culture.
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/abolition.html
Includes UN resolution and statements, statement by UN
Secretary-General on the Slavery Exhibition, a resolution passed by US
House of Representatives, 05/01/2007, and many more links to resources
on the topic.
