Explore key chapters in American history through Sources in U.S. History Online

Sources in U.S. History Online is a thematically-organized collection providing information surrounding important individuals, influential perspectives, religions, political operations, and warfare from the eras that have shaped the United States.

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Sources in U.S. History Online: Slavery in America

As part of the Sources in U.S. History Online series, which provides access to the essential primary source documents that tell the story of a nation's birth, challenges, and milestones, this collection includes materials that specifically focus on the slave trade, plantation life, emancipation, and related topics.

Sources in U.S. History Online: The American Revolution

As part of the Sources in U.S. History Online series, which delivers personal accounts, pamphlets, speeches, and more, this collection provides access to the essential primary source documents that tell the story of a nation's birth, as well as its early challenges and milestones.

Sources in U.S. History Online: The Civil War

As part of the Sources in U.S. History Online series, which provides access to the essential primary source documents that tell the story of a nation's birth, challenges, and milestones, this collection illustrates life during the violent divide between north and south.

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Advanced metadata

Metadata including source library, place of publication, publisher, indexes, full text, front matter, and more allows researchers and students to quickly get precise results.

Topic Finder

Developed by an editorial board of academic advisors, the topic guide provides thematic organization of and context for the documents within Sources in U.S. History Online.

Digital Scholar Lab

This collection is available in Gale's Digital Scholar Lab, a cloud-based research platform which brings historical content together with popular text-analysis tools to remove key barriers to entry into the digital humanities. 

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