Researching Slavery and Black Life in Early New England: An Introduction
BY JARED ROSS HARDESTY
Some of the most common questions I receive after giving a talk about my book or a workshop about slavery in New England concern research. Where do you start? What types of sources are available? How accessible are those sources? In this post, I hope to clarify some of these questions and offer a short introduction to researching New England slavery. Click here
Researching the American Slave Trade
With Sean Kelley
Dr. Sean Kelley of the University of Essex (U.K.) is a historian of New World slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. His most recent book, American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644-1865 (Yale University Press, 2023), examines American involvement in the transatlantic slave trade over two centuries. In this 30-minute presentation, Sean Kelley offers an introduction to key resources for the history of the American slave trade.