Search for a Black History Project
This website is a free, searchable directory for online history projects that can help further Black History research. This ongoing project was created to collect information about these digital Black History projects in order to benefit historians, genealogists, and family historians who are researching the lives of Black individuals and families.
406 Search Result(s)
| Project Name | Description | Creator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Journal of the Slave Ship Mary | A digitized version of a logbook of the slave ship, Mary, which details a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island (RI) to West Africa to Cockspur Island Quarantine station near Savannah, Georgia (GA) from 1795 to 1796. The voyage was under the command of Captain Nathan Sterry and stopped at Senegambia, the Windward Coast, and the Gold Coast. | Georgetown University Library |
| Just Teach One: Early African American Print | An initiative that encourages individuals to "just teach one" lesser-known early African American text. Focuses on short texts or collections of text published up to the end of Reconstruction. Provides digital copies of the texts, resources, and contextual materials for teaching in classroom settings. | The Interactive Journal of Early American Life, Inc. |
| La Gazette Royale - A Journey Through Haiti | A project that allows users to explore Haiti's early 19th century print culture, including official newspapers and yearly almanacs. Documents come from archives in Europe, the Caribbean, and North America. | Dr. Marlene L. Daut |
| Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery | Contains "thousands of 'Information Wanted' advertisements taken out by former slaves searching for long lost family members." | Villanova University, Mother Bethel AME Church |
| Left of Black | A "weekly video podcast hosted by Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal and produced by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University." | Dr. Mark Anthony Neal |
| Legacies of British Slave-ownership | A project that contains information about all of the estates in the British Caribbean colonies and all of the slaveholders who were in the British colonies at the time that slavery ended. Also includes maps and information on some enslaved peoples. | University College London |
| Legacy of Slavery in Maryland | The collection of documents relating to the experiences of Maryland's African American population. Offers a guide to the history of slavery in Maryland. | The Maryland State Archives |
| Liberated Africans | A website that explores the experiences of those who were emancipated as a result of global campaigns to abolish slavery, as well as captains and crews. | Hutchins Center for African and African American Research |