Emancipation [Compiled by Gena F.]
- Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt. "The Freedmen's Bureau." Atlantic Monthly 87 (1901): 354-365. Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library
- National Archives and Administration
- Our Documents - "At the heart of this initiative are 100 milestone documents of American history. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, . . . ”
- The District of Columbia Emancipation: History of Emancipation Day
- Abraham Lincoln Papers
- Resource Bank. “Historical Documents: Emancipation Proclamation,” PBS
- Primary Documents in American History
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
- “Civil War Official Record: Fugitive Slave Act,” – battlefields.org
- Cobb, James C. “One of American History's Worst Laws Was Passed 165 Years Ago,” Time Magazine, [Online], September 18, 2015.
- U.S. History. “The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850,” BRIA 34:2 (Winter 2019), pgs. 5-9 – [PDF]
- The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 – Wikipedia
New York Slave Laws
- “New York Slave Code, 1730,” – Archives.nysed.gov
- Slave Laws in British Colonial New York, 1664—1731," – HERB
- New York slave codes – Wikipedia
Slave Codes in America
- "An act concerning Servants and Slaves," passed by the General Assembly in the session of October 1705, Virginia's colonial government.
- The Barbados Slave Code of 1661 – STMU History Media
- Carl H. Moneyhon, "BLACK CODES," Handbook of Texas Online
- Extracts from the American Slave Code
- Jennings, Matthew H. “Slave Codes,” South Carolina Encyclopedia: University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies, August 1, 2016.
- Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860: The Slavery Code of the District of Columbia
- South Carolina slave codes – Wikipedia
- Virginia Slave Codes Excerpts taken from William W. Henning, The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia, v.2 (1823). Some of the language has been modernized.
- Slave Law in Colonial Virginia: A Timeline