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Look for primary sources referenced in secondary and tertiary sources. Use textbooks, class, and library bibliographies for recommended titles of primary sources.
Accessible Archives Provides archived historical primary source material in American history. |
Under Databases on library website |
American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography Includes volumes covering slavery in 26 states under title The American Slave. |
Under Databases on library website |
Annals of America (vols. 8,9,10) Topical index (2 vols.) Volumes include full text of primary sources in American history from 1850-1883. |
Ref E 173 A7931 |
Civil War Eyewitnesses: An Annotated Bibliography of Books and Articles 1986-1996 |
Ref E 601 C65 2000 SB |
Civil War Sourcebook Includes excerpts of primary sources |
Ref E 468 E24 1992 SB |
Defining Documents in American History: Civil War (1860-1865) |
Ref E 464 C58 2014 |
Everyday Life & Women In America, 1800-1920 | Under Databases on library website |
Milestone Documents in African-American History v.2 1853-1900 |
Ref E 184.6 M55 2010 |
Military Bibliography of the Civil War | Ref Z 1242 D6 1961a SB |
Slave Culture | Ref E 49 R33 2017 |
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