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Underground Railroad--History of Slavery, Pictures, Information

From the National Geographic Society.

University of Chicago Library - Guide to the Slavery and Indentured Servitude Collection 1752-1864

Unknown No Longer - A Database of Virginia Slave Names

This database is the latest step by the Virginia Historical Society to increase access to its varied collections relating to Virginians of African descent.

Virginia Runaways

Runaway slave advertisements from 18th-century Virginia newspapers.

Voices from the Days of Slavery, Audio Interviews (American Memory from the Library of Congress)

The almost seven hours of recorded interviews presented here took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine Southern states. Twenty-three interviewees, born between 1823 and the early 1860s, discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom.