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History 121 Primary Sources by Topic

Primary sources available on MERLOT are listed by topic. Student can create his/her own paper assignment by analyzing one or more of these primary source documents and deciding on a focus (thesis) for the 5-7 page paper.

Date Added to MERLOT:: August 15, 2008
Created by:: Virginia DeLacey
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Collection Content

Britain and Slavery: The Slave Trade (Reference Material)
Records of Slave Ship Movement Between Africa and the Americas, 1817-1843 (Reference Material)
The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920 (Collection)
Tangled Roots (Collection)

Under "Contents" click on "Source Documents" for a list of primary documents to analyze.
Causes of the Civil War (Collection)
Abraham Lincoln Papers (Reference Material)

Click on "Browse the Collection" to access the correspondence of Abraham Lincoln.
Civil War Maps (Collection)