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http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html - This website was about slaves and their many contributions to the invention community. Inventions especially back in the day when inventions were and could be very useful to the people of the world were really needed. This site also tells you about scientists that were very famous also. This site was very good for information.

http://www.colorq.org/MeltingPot/article.aspx?d=Asia&x=BlackWestAsians - This website talked about a certain kind of slaves. These slaves were all from West Africa. These slaves kind of had it a little worse because they were having all of their people taken away in loads.

http://www.whispersofangels.com/secrets.html - This site had many quotes and direct comments from the slaves from the first to the last line of the site. It also had many maps and many other links to go see other sites. The last thing about this site that I liked was that it had many biographies.

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/CWP/library/aaslavry.htm - There were topics listed at the beginning of this website. The beginning of slavery, slave trade, middle passge, slaves codes and resistance, slavery and race, etc. were some of the topics that were listed. There were even clinks that were clickable that were important during slavery times. they were the ones that tried to make life easier for any slave.

http://www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/main/09/index.shtml - The website is letting people know that slavery is not over. In today's society slavery is still taking place, but the only difference is that it's not common, even though it takes place all over. These people that are still slaves today are supposedly slaves for the reasoning being that laws are not enforced.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASpunishments.htm - Punishment of course takes place a lot during slavery. Slave-owners are known to do what they please because they own the slaves. With that being stated this website states the different types of punishments. Also, the website states plenty of examples.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/timeline/index.html - This is a website that provides a timeline of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Post Civil-War events. It starts from 1619 and continues on to 1879. It gives the most important facts that are from certain years.

http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/students/his3487/lembrich/seminar5.html - This website provides a summarization of the horrors of the Middle Passage. It explains the process of transporting enslaved Africans and how they were sold. It also explains the horrible experience of being on a slave ship.

http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/discovery/story/middle.passage.html - This is a shorter explanation of the middle passage. Although it is short, it still gives a good summary of the middle passage. It highlights the important facts of the middle passage

http://www.mariner.org/captivepassage/ - This website provides very thorough presentation of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The information is very informative and plentiful. It also provides very nice pictures of the depiction of slavery.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/sla_world.htm - This site talks about why slavery still persists today. This site also talks about laws that prevent slavery today. This site is against slavery at all points and that is what it is basically about.

http://www.civilwarhome.com/slavery.htm - This site talks about all different kinds of slavery. It also talks about the slavery in the civil war time. These different types of slavery and different time periods of slavery differ from one another. This site is very good for information on slavery.

http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/hs_es_indians_slavery.htm - This talks about the slavery and Native Americans. Africa was not the only place to get his by the slavery trades. Native Americans were also forced into slavery. This site talks about this time period and the many effects it has had on society.

http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/solidarity/indiasa3.html - This talks about the slavery and Native Americans. Africa was not the only place to get his by the slavery trades. Native Americans were also forced into slavery. This site talks about this time period and the many effects it has had on society.

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/freedom/viewTheme.cfm/theme/triangular - This website talks about the triangular trade and how it has had effects on the society of today. It has many visual aids to show how slaves were traded and how they were traded. Very good site if you want information on the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs14.htm - This site talks about all the different forms of slavery. It goes deep in depth about them and tells how they can be prevented. This website also talks about how they were started and if they still persist today.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASturnerR.htm - This website talks about the life and times of Nat Turner. He was a slave that made history very different by his heroic efforts in the slave times. This website talks about slavery and his life.

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/slavery/eabolition.asp - This website talks about the great abolitionists of that time. It gives specific names and tells about his or her life. These people help the slaves to freedom and many of them were caught and killed instantly. This site also has information about slavery.

http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/reportessay/socialissues/Racial%5CRacism_and_Reconstruction.htm – This website talks about racism and the effect it has on our youth and society today. It also talks about various programs that are against it and have constant effort to stop it. This is a very good website to find our information about racism and if you want information on anti racism groups.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Negro%20Spiritual - This site talks about Negro spirituals. These spirituals are songs sung by slaves. They were sung because some said they were sad. Others say that these songs gave clues to freedom. Nether the less, these songs were sung by slave during slavery and this website gives information on the songs and why they were sung.

http://www.negrospirituals.com/history.htm - This site talks about Negro spirituals. These spirituals are songs sung by slaves. They were sung because some said they were sad. Others say that these songs gave clues to freedom. Nether the less, these songs were sung by slave during slavery and this website gives information on the songs and why they were sung.

http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1235/First_Haitian_slave_revolt - This website talks about the Haitian Revolt. This revolt had many slaves involved in it and had a big impact on society of that time. This website gives much information about this.

http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/antislavery/modern.htm - This site talks about the real in depth slavery. Like the abuses of slavery, why slavery occurred and many other things. A very good site to go to, to look for information on slavery.

http://www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/main/09/index.shtml - This site talks about the child labor laws and how they are put into place so that they are not like slavery. These laws are here and are insured to prevent slavery from happening again.

http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/antislavery/modern.htm - This site talks about the different types of slavery. This site lists all the kinds and gives a background on slavery. This site also talks about certain slaves and what they had to go through. This site gives information about slavery during slave times.

http://library.thinkquest.org/13406/ta/ - This site talked about the conclusion of the Transatlantic slave trade. It talks about the effects it has had on the African American Community and why and how it happened. It is very good if you need information on slavery and why there was slavery.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.htm - This site talks about the marvelous Harriet Tubman. She was a renowned woman who created and benefited many slaves back in the day. This woman freed many slaves and help set them to freedom. This site talked about all of her accomplishments.

http://www.noho.com/sojourner/ - This site is about Sojourner Truth. It shows her many accomplishments. It also talks about her friendship with President Lincoln and how this helped the many African Americans of her time.

http://www.noho.com/sojourner/history.html - This site talks about the amazing women known as Sojourner Truth. She helped many slaves by using her wisdom on how the slave was played. This site gives many good things about her and also good information.

http://www.bkfk.com/africanaminventors/africanam-new.asp - This website talked about the amazing Elijah McCoy. It talks about all of his accomplishments and all the developments leading up to him being a big part of the African American history.

http://library.thinkquest.org/10854/fdoug1.html - This site talked about the life of Fredrick Douglass. You can find out many things about him because this site has many Uri’s and it has much information. This is a very good site to find out many things about this man that changed the way we look at African Americans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/equiano_olaudah.shtml - this site talks about the life of Olaudah Equiano. This site has many pictures of him on a slave boat because this is what he is known for. This site shows his accomplishments and all the benefits we have had having him in the African American history.

http://www.nps.gov/boaf/williamlloydgarrison.htm - This site talks about William Lloyd Garrison. This talks about the main effects of slavery and how it not only effected but affected the African Americans. Very good site if you want to know about William Lloyd Garrison.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASafrica.htm - This site talks about the African American Slave Trade. It talks about it and gives a very descriptive information about it. It talks about the process of it and how slaves were taking away from their homes. There is so much information on this site, anything that you need to know about the slave trade is on this site.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASsugar.htm - This site talks about the sugar plantation. This sugar plantation has a very big significance to the slave trade. There was a big trade that was going down for slaves and sugar has a big impact and bi role in this trade. There were many countries that needed sugar and would sell slaves for it. This site has good information about this.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASoverseers.htm - This site talks about Overseers. Overseers today would be called masters of the slaves. The masters of the slaves could do whatever they wanted to and the slave could never question them. They were very cruel and did very bad things. This site has great information about this.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASships.htm - This site talks about the slave ships. The slave ships were used to import and export slaves from various places. They were very nasty and had diseases because they were not taken care of. They also were very small so the slaves would have to suffer during their voyage. This site has information on slaves ships and different types of ships.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASbreeding.htm - This site talks about slave breeding. Slave breeding is when the master forces the slave to have sex with the master in order to produce more slaves. This was a horrible event but it was done. This site can tell you information about it.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USArunaways.htm - This site talks about house slaves. House slaves seemed to have it worse because they were around the master at all times of the day to wait on him hand and foot. This site has information about the daily life of a house slave.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASeducation.htm - This site talks about the education of slaves. Most slaves had no education because they were not allowed to learn or to read. Because of this the slaves were forced to remain ignorant. This site talks about the hardship of s slave to get information.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASmarriage.htm - This site talked about the marriage of slaves. The marriage of slaves was not allowed because slaves could better themselves. Also marriage wasn’t allowed because usually the slave master would marry the slave so that he could breed them. This site has great information.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASwork.htm - This site talked about the field slave. The field slave worked in the fields all day and had manual labor. These slaves had more favor because they were out in the fields all day which means they didn’t have the contact with the master. This website talks about how the slave day was and the hardships.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASwhipping.html - This website talks about whipping. This site gives many types of punishments but the main focus of the website has to do with whipping. Whipping was a punishment given to slaves that disobeyed their masters. This site talks about this event.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASreligion.htm - This site talks about religion. Slaves were either not allowed to have religion or had to do whatever religion their master picked for them. If you were practicing a religion and were caught you were instantly hung. This site talks about religion with slaves.

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