Full text resources online (WashU Key may be required when off campus):
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Hathi Trust: WashU and Slavery Project Relevant items from the expansive Hathi Trust digital collection useful for research, teaching, creative projects, and more.
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The revised Dred Scott Case Collection Scans of original documents and transcriptions show the Scotts' early struggle to gain their freedom through litigation and are the only extant records of this significant case as it was heard in the St. Louis Circuit Court. The original Dred Scott case file is located in the Office of the St. Louis Circuit Clerk.
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St. Louis Freedom Suit Project Scans of original documents and some transcriptions from the Missouri State Archives. This project pulls together resources contributed from many partners. It includes documents such as court cases, city directories (select years between 1821-1877), freedom bonds, record books, and other material. At the center of the collection are the “freedom suits” where enslaved African Americans challenged the legality of their captivity long before the Emancipation Proclamation. The documents have been digitized and are made available via WashU Libraries website.
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Black Abolitionist Papers Writings of abolitions from 1830-1865 that highlight the the global impact of African American anti-slavery activism.
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Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection Materials documenting the roles and experiences of Black Women in the Women's Suffrage Movement and civic activism between the 1850s and 1960.
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African American Newspapers: The 19th Century Newspapers published from 1827-1919, also early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements embodying the African-American experience.
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African American Perspectives (1822-1909) Sermons, speeches, literature, pamphlets, slave narratives, biographies, reports, and legal documents digitized by the Library of Congress.