Africans and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Background Sources | Books | Indexes to Articles | Primary Sources | Selected Websites
The items in this bibliography can help you find additional information for your research. Most printed material is available in Suzzallo Reference. Databases marked UW Only require that you access these from computers on campus or from home using UWICK or the libraries proxy server.
Specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries provide a quick overview of a topic along with a short list of additional readings. Items are located in Suzzallo Reference or Undergraduate Reference (Odegaard).
Dictionary of Afro-American slavery Reference E441 .D53 1997 Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara Reference, Undergraduate DT351 .E53 1997 Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History Reference, Undergraduate E185 .E54 1996 Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery Reference, Undergraduate HT861 .H57 1997 A historical guide to world slavery Reference, Undergraduate HT861 .H59 1998 Macmillan encyclopedia of world slavery (example) Reference HT861 .M24 1998
Use the following databases to locate books in the UW Libraries and in other libraries around the region, nation and world. Books unavailable at the UW can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service. Also check the secondary sources available on Reserve in Odegaard Undergraduate Library.
- UW Libraries Catalog
A listing of the books, journal subscriptions and other material available at the University of Washington Libraries.- Cascade
Regional catalog of the 6 Washington State university/college libraries. You can request books be sent to the UW.- OCLC WorldCat UW only.
A listing of books, journal subscriptions and other material available in hundreds of major libraries in the U.S. and abroad.
Use the following databases or printed sources to identify articles written on your topic. Articles from journals which the UW does not own can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service. To determine if a journal is scholarly/refereed check the title in ulrichsweb.com.Two Specialized Indexes/Bibliographies:
- Historical Abstracts UW Only
Major index to journals published in the field of world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada).- Slavery and slaving in world history: a bibliography
[Reference Z7164.S6 S538 1999]Three General Indexes:
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index UW Only.
Interdisciplinary database to articles in the humanities including history, philosophy, literature, etc. Electronic version dates back to 1980, part of the Web of Science.- Expanded Academic Index UW Only.
Index to approximately 1500 journals and magazines in all disciplines. Selected full-text available.- Research Library UW Only.
Index to articles in all fields, full-text articles available for selected journals and magazines.
Some tips and databases useful for finding primary sources in the UW Libraries dealing with African history and the slave trade. Also check the primary sources available on Reserve in Odegaard Undergraduate Library.Books:
The UW Libraries has books (many on microfilm) that can be considered primary sources for African history. These include books written during the period for your topic (i.e., during the 17th century), books written by participants, published collections of correspondence and other personal writings, memoirs and reprints of collections of primary source material.
- UW Libraries Catalog
- Do a Keywords search and limit by publication date.
- Search for books written by key participants and organizations.
- Do a Keywords search and limit to items published in a particular microfilm set:
- slave trade and eighteenth century
- Do a Keywords search and use special subject headings that designate primary sources:
sources, personal narratives, diaries, correspondence, interviews- Examples:
- slave trade and su:sources
- slave* and africa and su:(diaries or correspondence or narratives)
- English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) UW Only.
ESTC is a catalog to printed works published in English (as well as material in other languages published in England and its colonies) from the beginning of printing through the end of the eighteenth century. Most of the items are available in the UW Libraries as part of three major microfilm sets: Early English Books 1475-1640, Early English Books 1640-1700, and the Eighteenth Century.
- The African slave trade and its suppression, a classified and annotated bibliography of books, pamphlets and periodical articles
Bibliography of primary materials (and some secondary) dealing with the slave trade and its abolition. Material is arranged by topic (e.g., slaving voyages) and a geographical index is included. [Reference Z7164.S6 H63] ExampleMagazine and Newspaper articles:
The UW Libraries has a strong collection of American and British magazines from the 18th and 19th centuries. Many of them are in print (either in Suzzallo Periodicals or in a storage area), others are on microfilm. There is limited electronic indexing for 18th and 19th century material.
- APS Online UW Only.
Index to American magazines published between 1740-1900, includes full-page images of many articles. Also can be used as an index to the American Periodical Series microfilm set.- Palmer's Index to the Times Library CD-ROM.
Index to the Times of London 1790-1905. The newspaper is available on microfilm.
This is a short selection of web sites useful for the history of slavery and the slave trade.
- Africa South of the Sahara
Major gateway to web sites dealing with all aspects of African studies.- Pictorial Images of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Collection of images at the University of Virginia depicting the slave trade organized in catagories such as maps, slave ships and slave capture.- Slave Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Collection of raw data from the 18th and 19th centuries including records of slave ship movements.
16 April 2001
Theresa Mudrock | mudrock@u.washington.edu
