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To search for books about a specific abolitionistuse the Alphabetical Search option and set the search box to Subjects -- Library of Congress. For example:
Subjects -- Library of Congress -- Allen, Richard
To search for books by a specific abolitionist, use the Alphabetical Search option and set the search box to Author. For example:
Author -- Allen, Richard
Please note that if you find a catalog record for a work in a microform collection called Early American Imprints you may find the same work available in the digital collection called Evans Digital Edition (1639-1800) described below under selected primary source materials.
To browse available books on the topic of abolition of slavery use the Alphabetical Search option and set the search box to Subjects -- Library of Congress. Here are some examples:
Subjects -- Library of Congress -- Abolitionists Subjects -- Library of Congress -- Antislavery Movements Subjects -- Library of Congress -- Afro-American Abolitionists Subjects -- Library of Congress -- Afro-Americans--History--to 1863
Another option is to browse the library's shelves by call number. Most of the books of interest to this class will be shelved in the E440s - E450s and the E185s on B-Level. You can also browse by call number using the online catalog by doing anAlphabetical SearchbyCall Numbers -- Lib. of Congress.
What do you miss if you browse the shelves in MSEL? You will miss any books that have been moved to our Libraries Service Center off-site shelving facility. You will miss any works that are online. You will miss any works that have been given a different shelving classification number. For example, some books of interest might be shelved with literature, women's studies, or religion call numbers.
Brignano, Russell C. Black Americans in Autobiography. Rev. ed. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1984. (An annotated bibliography of autobiographies and autobiographical books written since the Civil War.) MSEL GEN REF E 185.95 .B67 1984
Higginbotham, Evelyn B. The Harvard Guide to African-American History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. MSEL GEN REF E 185 .H326 2001
American Memory. Library of Congress. American Memory provides free and open access to selected materials from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions that chronicle the history of the United States.
The Birney Anti-Slavery Collection of Johns Hopkins University. Milton S. Eisenhower Library. Special Collections Division. A collection of over 1,000 books and pamphlets, most of which werecollected by abolitionist writer and publisherJames G. Birney (1792-1857).
Black Abolitionist Papers. 5 vols. Ed. by C. Peter Ripley. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985-1992. MSEL STACKS E 449 .B6241 1985 A selection of primary sources from the larger microform set listed below. Contents: v. 1. The British Isles, 1830-1865 -- v. 2. Canada, 1830-1865 -- v. 3. The United States, 1830-1846 -- v. 4. The United States, 1847-1858 -- v. 5. The United States, 1859-1965.
Black Abolitionist Papers, 1830-1865. (Microfilm. 17 reels.) Sanford, NC: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1981. Libraries Service Center Film No. 3318 A guide to the papers in this collection is available in the Audio-visual Center on A-Level (Eisenhower AV Center Film No. 3318 Guide). To request the return of particular reels of microfilm to AV for your use, fill out a Libraries Service Center request form.
The Nineteenth Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals. Library of Congress. A distributed digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Most of the materials were digitized through theMaking of Americaproject, a collaboration of Cornell University and the University of Michigan.
Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection. Cornell University. An extensive collection of slavery and abolitionist materials gathered by Reverend Samuel Joseph May. The collection includes over 10,000 pamphlets and leaflets documenting the anti-slavery struggle at the local, regional, and national levels, as well as sermons, position papers, offprints, local Anti-Slavery Society newsletters, poetry anthologies, freedmen's testimonies, broadsides, and Anti-Slavery Fair keepsakes. The pamphlets are searchable online and available in digital format.
