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Colored Conventions Project: Digital Records

Offers a wide variety of primary sources from state and national colored conventions.

Frederick Douglass Papers (University of Rochester)

Includes a wide variety of primary sources related to the famous Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass Papers (Library of Congress)

Includes a wide variety of primary sources related to the famous Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass, including many editions of the North Star (1847-1851) Frederick Douglass’ Paper (1851-1860), and the New National Era (1870-1874).

James K. Polk Papers

A searchable primary source archive of letters, correspondence, and public addresses associated with President James K. Polk

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln

A searchable primary source archive of letters, correspondence, and public addresses associated with President Abraham Lincoln