HSTY 3354: American Slavery

Why use Reference Books?

• Browse for a topic of interest, if you aren't sure what to research;
• Get a quick overview of a topic you don't know much about;
• Identify key words/phrases, people, places, dates, etc. to use in searching for primary and secondary sources;
• Get recommendations of scholarly books and articles to jumpstart your research;
• Look up unfamiliar words/phrases, people, events, etc. while reading a primary source, so that you understand the source in context.

The Bibliography of Slavery and World Slaving

• Searchable databases of references to approximately 25,000 scholarly works.
• Slavery/slaving, worldwide, historical and modern.
• All academic disciplines, all western European languages.
• All known print materials published since 1900 in scholarly formats.
• Includes books, scholarly journals (print and digital), recent conference presentations, professional historical sites, major museum exhibitions and catalogs.
• Note: the SHSU Library may not necessarily own all the sources referenced in this bibliography.

Subject headings allow you to find books according to broader and narrower topics.

Below are sample subjects. To browse for different, broader, or narrower subjects, go to the library catalog and click "Exact Search." Enter a term and click "subject."

You can start browsing for a broad subject like Slavery, then look for more specific subjects, such as Slavery United States History 18th century.

Once you know some subject headings, you can also just use them as keywords during an advanced search, using the subject row.

GENERAL:

• Slavery America
• Slavery America History
• Slavery United States
• Slavery United States Historiography
• Slavery United States History
• Slavery United States History 17th century
• Slavery United States History 18th century
• Slavery United States History 19th century
• Slavery United States History Colonial period ca. 1600-1775
• Slaves Emancipation United States
• Slaves Texas - Slaves Virginia - or substitute any state
• Slavery or slaves (and) Texas (this is not an official subject heading, but click the link to see a search that brings a number of things together, if you are interested in issues of slavery in Texas)

ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST SLAVERY:

• Slavery United States Justification
• Slavery United States Controversial literature

SLAVERY AND RELIGION / THE CHURCH / RELIGIOUS ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST SLAVERY:

• Slavery Moral and Ethical Aspects United States History
• Slavery and the Church

LIVING CONDITIONS, SOCIAL LIFE, AND RELIGION OF SLAVES:

• Slaves United States Biography
• Slaves United States Social conditions
• Slaves (and) social life and customs (this is not an official heading, but click the link to see a search that combines nation and all states)
  • Slaves United States Social life and customs
  • Slaves Virginia Social life and customs (or substitute any state)
• Slaves Religious life

ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENTS:

• Antislavery movements United States
• Abolitionists United States

FUGITIVE (RUNAWAY) SLAVES:

• Fugitive slaves America
• Fugitive slaves United States
• Fugitive slaves United States Biography
• Fugitive slaves Vermont (or substitute any state)

ECONOMICS OF SLAVERY:

• Slavery Economic aspects
• Slavery Economic aspects United States
• Slavery Economic aspects Southern States

POLITICS OF SLAVERY:

• Slavery Political aspects

SLAVERY COMPARISONS:

• Slavery Latin America
• Indian slaves
• Indian captivities

INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS:

• Miscegenation Southern States
• Miscegenation United States
• Interracial marriage Law and legislation United States History
• Interracial marriage United States History

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE MILITARY DURING AMERICAN SLAVERY

• Civil War 1861-1865 African American Troops
• United States History Revolution 1775-1783 African Americans

An excellent way to discover additional resources is to browse for books in relevant call number ranges. Many books on the history of American slavery will be located on the 4th floor in the following ranges:

• E184.5 - E185.98 - United States, Elements in the population, Afro-Americans
• E441 - E453 - Slavery in the United States and Antislavery Movements.

To discover the call number ranges for broader, narrower, or different subjects, consult the Library of Congress Classification Outline.