Primary sources: United States History to 1865

Links to historic documents from 1791-1860. Topics covered include abolition, freedom of speech, Indian removal, and other important topics from the time period

As the title indicates, this is a collection of primary source documents and portraits from the time period. Most of the documents are regarding slavery and rights

"contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves"

"The Black Abolitionist Digital Archive is a collection of over 800 speeches by antebellum blacks and approximately 1,000 editorials from the period"

Collection of primary source documents from the time leading up to the rebellion to post-rebellion.