1. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. byCall Number: Q.940.03 En19
Encyclopedias attempt to summarize the state of knowledge in a field of inquiry. A good encyclopedia can be a valuable starting point for your research.
Two online reference collections that students often find useful are: Oxford Reference Online, and Gale Virtual Reference Library.
- Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion. byCall Number: 306.36209703 En19
- The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery. byCall Number: Q. 306.36203 H629
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History byCall Number: 330 ONLINEISBN: 0195105079Publication Date: 2003Online version of the 5 volume original. Signed articles with bibliographies. Bibliographies not annotated.
- Tobacco in History and Culture: An Encyclopedia byCall Number: 394.14 ONLINEISBN: 0684314053Publication Date: 2004Online version of the 2 volume original.
- The Encyclopedia of the New American Nation: The Emergence of the United States, 1754-1829 byCall Number: 973.3 ONLINEISBN: 0684313464Publication Date: 2005Online version of the 3 volume original.
- Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery byCall Number: Q. 306.36203 M228ISBN: 002864607XPublication Date: 1998
2. Bibliographies and Indexes
- Black Slavery in the Americas : An Interdisciplinary Bibliography, 1865-1980. byCall Number: 016.306362 Sm61bSee especially "Autobiographical Writings," pp. 1397-1414.
- Slavery and slaving in world history : a bibliography byCall Number: Q. 016.306362 M615sISBN: 0765602814
- Irish University Press series of British Parliamentary Papers. General Index. 8 vols.Call Number: Q.015.42 Ir4Vol. 1: Hansard's Catalogue of Parliamentary Papers, 1696-1832.
Vol. 2: General Index to the Reports of Select Committees, 1801-1852.
Vol. 3: General Index to Accounts and Papers, 1801-1852. - Subject catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900. byCall Number: 016.941 C647sVol. 5: The Dominions and Colonies, Slavery and the Slave Trade
- Catalogue of Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900. 3 vols.Call Number: 015.42 K58c 1972
- Indian slavery, labor, evangelization, and captivity in the Americas : an annotated bibliography byCall Number: 016.305897 M273iISBN: 0810833557
- Index to the American Slave.Call Number: 326.92 Am35 indexIndexes the 19 volume set, The American slave : a composite autobiography, and supplements 1 (12 vols) and 2 (10 vols).
- World bibliographical seriesIncludes titles on Bermuda, French Guiana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Martinique, St. Kitts-Nevis, Belize, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Montserrat, Virgin Islands, Dominica, Haiti, Guatemala, and more.
- Brazilian Slavery: An Annotated Research Bibliography byCall Number: 016.301441 C76BISBN: 0816178550Publication Date: 1977Includes primary source accounts.
3. Statistics
- Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the colonial period to about 1820 byCall Number: 929.308996 H364f2001ISBN: 0806351101
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Earliest Times to the PresentCompiled from the U.S. Decennial Census returns, and other published sources. Includes excellent, explanatory essays by expert demographers. Also includes a detailed subject index.
- Black Demographic Data, 1790-1860 byCall Number: 973.0496073 C848BISBN: 031330243XPublication Date: 1997
- International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2000 byCall Number: Q. 310 M692in2003ISBN: 0333994108Publication Date: 2003
- Historical Statistics of Black America byCall Number: Q. 973.0496073 H6293ISBN: 0810385422Publication Date: 19952 vols.
4. Guides and Handbooks
- A Historical Guide to World Slavery byCall Number: 306.36203 H6292ISBN: 0195120914Publication Date: 1998
- A Guide to Sources for the History of the Danish West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands), 1671-1917 byCall Number: 972.9722 G535gISBN: 8778387213Publication Date: 2002
- A Guide to Source Materials for the Study of Barbados History, 1627-1834 byCall Number: 016.972981 H18GISBN: 0809304368Publication Date: 1971See also the Supplement.
- The Longman companion to slavery, emancipation and civil rights byCall Number: 305.567 H228lISBN: 0582404371
- The Harvard Guide to African-American History byCall Number: 973.0496073 H261ISBN: 0674002768Publication Date: 2001
- The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature byCall Number: 016.9 G9411995ISBN: 0195057279Publication Date: 19952 vols. Online resource. Also available in print through our catalog. A little old, but still highly regarded, and useful as a starting point into just about any historical topic. An excellent introduction to historiographical themes and seminal works.
5. Timelines
- Pan-African chronology : a comprehensive reference to the Black quest for freedom in Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia byCall Number: 909.0496 J415PISBN: 0786401397
- Chronology of African American history : from 1492 to the present byCall Number: 973.0496073 H784C 1997ISBN: 0787604925