Census, vital, church, court, & immigration records for the US & UK, plus material on other areas. Major components: US federal census 1790-1930 (incl. manuscript returns); birth, death, and marriage records; military records; historical maps, etc.

Click on African American Newspapers Collection [see Source drop-down menu]. Full-text articles from The Christian Recorder, The Colored American/Weekly Advocate, Frederick Douglass Paper, Freedom's Journal, The National Era, The North Star, Provincial Freeman, and Douglass Monthly.

Full-text articles from historically-significant special interest and general magazines.

Digitized early English news media including the British Library's collection of the newspapers, pamphlets & books gathered by Rev. Charles Burney (1757-1817).

Full-text articles from forty-eight British national, regional & local newspapers, selected to best document 19th century Britain.

Contains primary source documents from the United States & Europe, as well as other parts of the world; formats include antebellum books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, images, and extensive archival material.

Full-text books and journals relating to social history, colonization, industry, slavery, and more.