Africans in the New World, 1493-1834: from the John Carter Brown library
Adam Matthew Publications, John Carter Brown Library
30 microfilm reels : positive ; 35 mm. + 1 guide (21 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.)
Format:
MICROFILM
Subject Category:
Ethnic Studies, History Great Britain, History US, History World, Social Conditions
Collection Dates:
01/01/1493 - 01/01/1864
Location:
UNLV Microforms
Summary:
This project serves as an introduction to the history of Africans in the Americas, from the first direct shipment of slaves across the Atlantic in 1518, to the last known shipment to Cuba in 1864. It presents a variety of perspectives, including those of slave merchants, plantation owners, merchants, ship's captain's, slaves and abolitionists
A sample of titles in this collection: Manifiesto que a Su Magestad ... Haze el Capitan Don Juan de Villalobos / Villalobos -- Histoire Naturelle et Morale des Iles Antilles de l'Amerique / Rochefort -- Kurtze und warhaffte Beschreibung der See-Reisen von Amsterdam in Holland nacher Brasilien in America, und Angola in Africa / Augspurger -- Journal d'un voyage sur les Costes d'Afrique et aux Indes d'Espagne / Snelgrave --Journal of a Voyage to Brazil and Residence There ... / Graham [Callcott] -- Gazophilatium Regium Perubicum / Aguero -- English-American his Travail by Sea and Land; or, A New Survey of the West-Indies / Gage -- Impartial Description of Surinam upon the Continent of Guiana in America / Warren -- Beschryvinge Van het Heerlijcke ende Gezegende Landt Guajana / Keye -- Present State of Virginia / Jones -- Compendio Narrativo do Peregrino da America / Pereyra -- History, Civil and Commercial of the British Colonies in the West Indies / Edwards -- Historical and Practical Essay on the Culture and Commerce of Tobacco / Tatham -- Proclamation ... a ses Concitoyens de la ville du Cap / L'Ouverture -- Particular Account of the Commencement and Progress of the Insurrection of the Negroes in St. Domingo -- Codigo Formado Por Los Negros de la Isla de Santo Domingo de la Parte Francesa Hoi Estado de Hayti / Cancelada
Finding Aids:
E29.N3 A55 2003 guide
Print guide (2 copies)
