A very interesting look at slaves and free blacks in colonial America, especially in the South, up to about 1660. See how the concept of slavery and the use of slaves was fluid until that time.

Focuses on slavery in North America, the worry about uprisings, and slavery's economic impact. Links to related information.

Provides a few statistics on slaves in Maryland and Virginia and then contrasts the lives of field hand vs household or urban slaves.

This website describes contents of the Virginia Slave Codes of 1705 with excerpts from the orginal law.

Two Spanish accounts of enslaved Indians in the Caribbean and enslaved Africans in Mexico and statements of the difficulty of maintaining slavery and the lurking threat of a slave revolt.

This resource provides a brief overview of how many settlers in the colonies were indentured servants and how the system of indentured servitude tied to slavery.

A West African map and three accounts of the development of slave acquisition display the process and the brutality of the Atlantic slave trade.