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HIS 201: American History to 1877: Introductory Resources

Starting points for historical research (print)

Recommended Online Sources

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Biographies

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias in Print

Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.) E441 .D53 1997 
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Dictionary of American Negro Biography
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.)  E185.96.L6 1982    
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Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.)  E185 .E54 1995
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Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.) E185.61 .E54 1992  
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Encyclopedia of Black America
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.)  E185.E55 
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Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.)  F209.E53 1989
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Encyclopedia of Southern History
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.) F207.7.E52 
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Harvard Guide to American History
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.)  E154.5 .H23 1974
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Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.) HT861 .H57 1997
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