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The Transatlantic Slave Trade
A guide to primary and secondary sources organized by topic, covering the slave trade in Africa, the Americas, and the U.S.
Browsing the Stacks
Where in the Library will you find books focused on slavery? 
The Library of Congress classification system places the majority of books on the slave trade under the call numbers HT851-1445.
Most books on U.S. slavery will be found under the call numbers E441-453.
If you'd like to browse, these would be good places to start. Look for the call number signage at the end of each row of shelves in the stacks.
Featured Books
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Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
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Call Number: E441 .D2495 2006Publication Date: 2006Available as an e-book and in print. -
The Cambridge World History of Slavery
Call Number: HT861 .C34 2011Publication Date: 2011Volumes 1 - 4
Available as an e-book and in print.
Slavery & Slave Trade before the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas
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Call Number: HT1048 .E47 2000Available in print or as an e-book -
The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex: Essays in Atlantic History
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Call Number: HT1048 .C87 1998Available in print and as an e-book. -
Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800
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Call Number: DT31 .T516 1998Available in print or as an e-book
The Geography of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Call Number: G2445.E625 E4 2010Available in print or as an e-book
The Slave Trade in Africa
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The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300-1589
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Slavery in Africa: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives
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Call Number: HT1427 .S8S58Available in print.
Slavery in the Americas
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Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640
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Call Number: F1621 .W47 2016Available in print and as an e-book -
Slavery and Politics: Brazil and Cuba
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Available as an e-book
Europeans and the Atlantic Slave Trade
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History
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Call Number: HT985 .R38 2005Available in print and as an e-book
The U.S. Slave Trade
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Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America
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Publication Date: 2009E-book -
The Laws of Slavery in Texas: Historical Documents and Essays
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Call Number: KFT1601.6.S55 L39 2010Available in print and as an e-book
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American Slavery, Atlantic Slavery, and Beyond: The U.S. "Peculiar Institution" in International Perspective
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Call Number: E441 .D18 2012Available in print and as an e-book
Abolition
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Economic Growth and the Ending of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Call Number: HT1162 .E48 1987Available in print -
Slavery and Sacred Texts: The Bible, The Constitution, and Historical Consciousness in Antebellum America
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Publication Date: 2021E-book
Quantifying the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Extending the Frontiers: Essays on the New Transatlantic Slave Trade Database
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Available as an e-book
Enslaved African Experiences
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The Slave Ship: A Human History
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Call Number: HT1322 .R42 2007Available in print and as an e-book -
Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora
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Call Number: E441 .S65 2007Available as an e-book and in print -
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African
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Call Number: HT869.E6 A3 2001bAvailable in print or as an e-book. -
The Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey
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Call Number: DA125.N4 S66 2004Available in print
