Online Resources
The following links represent some of the wide range
of primary source materials available online.
Please read the Guidelines
for Using and Citing Online Primary Sources.
GENERAL:
World History Matters: Finding World History
http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/whmfinding.php
This should be your first stop. Includes scholarly reviews
of online primary source collections dealing with world
history. A project of the Center for History and New
Media, George Mason University.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is an initiative
of Fordham University, New York and provides a large
collection of primary sources online, including a subsection
on ‘Imperialism’.
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey London 1674 to
1834
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/
Searchable transcripts of criminal trials, from 1674
– 1834. Excellent primary sources for detailing
the trials of transported convicts.
Slave Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth
Centuries
http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/index.html
Database of 18th and 19th century slave shipping records.
It also contains a particularly useful links page http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/slalinks.html
which collates material on slavery on the internet,
although much of the material is focussed on the United
States.
Excerpts from Slave Narratives
http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/primary.htm
Although mostly relating to slavery in the United States,
this site also includes narratives with material pertinent
to this course. World History Matters review at http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/d/30.html
Slaves and the Courts, 1740 - 1860
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml/sthome.html
This site offers 105 documents published between 1772
and 1889 that deal with the legal experiences of slaves
and the legal aspects of slavery in the United States
(not relevant to this course) and Great Britain.
• World History Matters review at http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/d/137.html
SOUTH AFRICA:
Heritage of Slavery in South Africa
http://www.museums.org.za/iziko/slavery/
This site is intended for a general rather than a scholarly
audience, but is useful to researchers in presenting
a bibliography of primary sources, and is also included
here to show the manner in which slave heritage in South
Africa is beginning to be publicly recognised.
'Slavery @ the Cape'
http://batavia.UGent.be/b@tavia.htm?http://batavia.rug.ac.be/slavery/
This Belgian site contains links to primary and secondary
material. It is useful in itself and also shows the
increasingly high profile which slave heritage in South
Africa is beginning to attract.
AUSTRALIA:
PictureAustralia
http://www.pictureaustralia.org/
Collates visual images from 21 participating agencies
in Australia and New Zealand.
• World History Matters review at http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/d/29.html
Australian Periodical Publications Project, 1840–1845
http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/
This project provides access to 69 Australian periodicals
first published between 1840 and 1845 and more titles
will be added.
• World History Matters review at http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/d/179.html
Decisions of the Superior Courts of New South Wales,
1788-1899
http://www.law.mq.edu.au/scnsw/
Includes more than 1,000 transcriptions of selected
cases heard by the superior courts of New South Wales,
primarily between 1824 and 1838.
• World History Matters review at http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/d/70.html
Journeys in Time, 1809 – 1822: The Diaries
of Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie
http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/all/journeys/menu.html
Full transcripts of diaries written over thirteen years
by Lachlan Macquarie (1761 - 1824), governor of colonial
New South Wales between 1810 and 1822, and his wife,
Elizabeth (1778 - 1835).
• World History Matters review at http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/d/87.html
Australian Studies Resources
http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/oztexts/
A huge collection of digitized Australian sources, including
an extensive collection on the colonial period.
• World History Matters review at http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/d/189.html
New South Wales State Records
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/
The starting point for archival research on colonial
New South Wales. Some resources online, and a useful
starting point before visiting the archives in person.
The International Centre for Convict Studies
http://iccs.arts.utas.edu.au
Includes links to online primary and secondary sources,
including convict narratives.
WEST INDIES:
Trinidad and Tobago Digital Library.
http://www.nalis.gov.tt/digitallibrary.html
Digital library at the National Library of Trinidad
and Tobago. Currently contains slave deeds and land
grant documents, but there are plans to expand the collection.
National Library of Jamaica
http://www.nlj.org.jm/
Home page of the National Library of Jamaica. Some resources,
including images, are online. Includes links to selected
sites on the region.
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas:
A Visual Record
http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/
Includes 1000 images, including a very significant collection
on the Caribbean.
• World History Matters review at http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/d/139.html
INDIA:
Historical Maps Of India
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html
This provides useful geographical background for those
exploring topics relating to India.
Harappa: The Indus Valley and the Raj in India and
Pakistan
http://www.harappa.com
Contains images (photographs, lithographs, postcards)
of India under the Raj. You can also watch old newsreels
and amateur film shot in India during the 1930s and
40s.
• World History Matters review at http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/d/34.html
British Voices from South Asia
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/india/intro.htm
Images and interviews conducted with men and women who
participated in the British colonial experience in India.
• World History Matters review at http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/d/61.html
OTHER:
The Recollections of Sarah Speedy
http://www.speedy.co.nz/recollections/
While this is not a scholarly edition, it contains the
edited recollections of Sarah Speedy, Recollections,
1818 to 1859, including travels in India, Mauritius
and South Africa.
The Penny Magazine Online
http://www.history.rochester.edu/pennymag/
Penny Magazine online – transcription of 1832 –
1835. Not specifically Empire focused but useful for
general social history.
Ignatius Sancho: African Man of Letters
http://www.brycchancarey.com/sancho/index.htm
Ignatius Sancho (1729-1780) was a slave who was brought
to London as a child and through an unusual career became
an actor, composer and writer. He was the first African
to vote in a British election. This site contains links
to documents by and about him.
Bibliography of Published Primary Sources in African
History
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~roots/costa/primebib.html
A list of primary sources assembled by the University
of Virginia, including extensive material on slavery.
The sources are not online.
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