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Library of Congress

Loc: Ancient Manuscripts: From the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of primary, historical documents from Timbuktu, Mali during the the 16th through 18th century. The documents cover all aspects of this advanced African civilization.
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Graphic
Other

Rothman and Burdumy: Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
Time-lapsed heatmap visualization of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Data from Transatlantic Slave Trade Database mapped in a three-part depiction of voyages, ship disembarkment location and ship arrival location in the Americas.
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Graphic
Other

Slave Images: Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has thousand of photos, drawings, and prints dealing with slavery, most of them dating from the period of Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Atlantic Slave Trade to Savannah

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia article describing slavery in Colonial Georgia and the role that Savannah played in slave trade from 1755 to as late as 1858.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Confronting the Legacy of the African Slave Trade

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS offers an excellent site with the description of some of the areas that supplied slaves.
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Website
Other

Cocc: African Slave Trade and European Imperialism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the COCC provides a very large and informative website providing a historical summary plus links to many aspects of the slave trade. Detailed timeline describes the development of African civilizations from the 15th...
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Article
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: African Americans in the British New World

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the transit of Africans from their homeland to the American British colonies to work on plantations in the south as part of leg in the triangular trade.
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Activity
Other

World Socialist Web Site: A Journey Through Africa's Civilizations

For Students 9th - 10th
From the World Socialist Web Site, this is a review of Harvard professor Henry Gates' book, "Wonders of the African World." It includes interesting details of Gates' attempts to piece together a view of precolonial African history. (4...
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Article
PBS

Pbs: Elmina Castle, Trading Outpost and "Slave Factory"

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about "slave factories," built along Africa's western coast.