LibGuides: Racial Healing: Recommended Reading & Resources

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American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection (EBSCO)
A comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. These digitized ipages of American magazines and journals provide rich content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century. These specialized collections cover advertising, health, women's issues, science, the history of slavery, industry and professions, religious issues, culture and the arts, and more. Hosted on the EBSCOhost platform.

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New Jersey Slavery Records
Developed by scholars from Rutgers University, this site provides data using county records, manuscripts and slavery-era newspaper clippings.
Monmouth County Slave Manumissions, 1787-1844
The Manumission records are records of slaves being freed. This series is from books and loose papers.

"Manumission is the voluntary act by a slave owner freeing his or her slaves. New Jersey was the last of the Northern states to end slavery. In 1804 the New Jersey Legislature passed a law for the gradual abolition of slavery. Slaves in New Jersey born before the 1804 Act took effect remained slaves unless manumitted by their owners. It was not until passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865 that the few remaining slaves in New Jersey were freed."
Records relating to Slaves and Children of Slaves
"County clerks were required by law to record slave manumissions (freedom papers) beginning in 1786. The "Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery" in 1804 required the recording of births of children of slave mothers." The State Archives' holdings of slave-related filings vary depending on the county. Additional records may be available in county clerks' offices.