As part of a You Read, We Buy the Library has access to Black Abolitionist Papers, until July 2023. At the end of that period the Library will purchase the collections with the most usage.
This primary source collection details the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War. Covering the period 1830-1865, the collection presents the international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings of the activists themselves.
Subjects covered include:
- Slavery
- Abolitionist Movement
- African American History
- Black Studies
- American Civil War