Internet Sites

Africans in America

A companion site to the PBS program Africans in America. This page is a Resource Guide. Section V contains information, documents and interpretations of the Haitian Revolution, Gabriel’s Conspiracy, the “Negro Fort,” Vesey's Conspiracy, and Nat Turner's Rebellion.

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

This website is a companion to an Independent Lens film of the same title and contains information both about the film and about Turner. Features include a history of the Turner Rebellion, Filmaker Q & A and a message board.

Slavery: The Peculiar Institution

From the Library of Congress' American Memory Project, this page discusses a number of mutinies and rebellions with accompanying images and historical documents from the Library of Congress.

Books

	Black Rebellion  : Five Slave Revolts     Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Five accounts of slave rebellions (Jamaica, Surinam, Gabriel's Revolt, Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner) as they were described in the 1850s and 1860s by Thomas Wentworth Higginson for the Atlantic Monthly. Because Higginson was reporting on the news as it happened, the book gives the reader an idea of how people at the time were informed about these revolts and what their reaction might have been. Call Number: E447 .H53 1998 Check this item in our catalog
	Rebels Against Slavery  : American Slave Revolts     McKissack, Patricia and Frederick A young adult book about slave rebellions, their leaders, and their outcomes by two of the most celebrated African American authors of young adult non-fiction. Call Number: E447 .M39 1996 Check this item in our catalog
	The Struggle for Freedom  : African American Slave Resistance     Wepman, Dennis Recounts slave rebellions from Gabriel through John Brown in readable prose accessible to young adults and adults alike. Call Number: E447 .W46 1996 Check this item in our catalog

Databases

African-American History and Culture

This electronic encyclopedia includes thousand of entries covering the entire breadth of African-American history - from African beginnings through the slave trade and the Civil Rights Movement to the present. Entries are organized into five sections: Biographies, Encyclopedia, Historical Documents, Gallery and Maps and Charts. Each entry is cross-referenced through hyperlinks and searchable by topic, by historical era, and by keyword.

maintained by the staff of the African American Department, State Library Resource Center, Enoch Pratt Free Library