Directory of Nineteenth Century Resources

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• Child Labour

  http://spartacus-educational.com/IRchild.htm
  Features biographies and entries on reformers, supporters, laborers, working conditions, and other things related to child labor in Britain.

• Heritage Square

  http://www.heritagesquaremuseum.org/
  A mid-1800s crossroads community in the upstate New York village of Ontario with tours and activities.

• Large Slaveholders of 1860 and African American Surname Matches from 1870

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajac/
  List of large slaveholders and surname matches with an alphabetical index of holders of 10% of all slaves in the U.S.

• Making of America

  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
  A digital library of primary sources in 19th-century American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction.

• Memoir of What I Endured During 32 Months of National Service in the Italian Army

  http://www.roangelo.net/journal/
  A journal by Michele Fuschino, a stone worker of Vinchiaturo in the Province of Molise during the years 1881-1883.

• Nineteenth-Century American Children and What They Read

  http://www.merrycoz.org/kids.htm
  Magazines and books read by 19th-century American children, especially works published before 1870, includes timeline, books and authors, papers and analyses, and images.

• On Power Looms

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1828looms.asp
  Essay by William Radcliffe.

• Proceedings of the United States Anti-Masonic Convention

  http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/convention.html
  Transcript of the 1830 convention of the populist protest party, from an anti-Mason site.

• Rebellion

  http://www.johnhorse.com/
  Web documentary on John Horse and the Black Seminoles, maroon allies of Seminole Indians who led the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history.

• The Complete Victorian

  http://thecompletevictorian.com/
  Portal to everyday life in Victorian Britain, including such items as recipes, articles about social customs, facts about clothing and decorating, and a timeline of Victorian events.

• The Fugitive Slave Bill or, God's Laws Paramount to the Laws of Men

  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bibperm?q1=abt8678
  A sermon, preached on Sunday, October 20, 1850, includes image files of original 24 page booklet.

• The Gentleman's Page

  http://walternelson.com/dr/?q=node/18
  A practical guide to attire, etiquette, and other social topics for the 19th Century American man.

• The Regency Plume Newsletter

  http://theregencyplume.tripod.com/
  To enrich the reader's knowledge of the period and to aid authors who are setting books within that time frame in their quest for historical accuracy.

• The Sixteen Largest American Slaveholders from the 1860 Slave Census Schedules

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajac/biggest16.htm
  As transcribed by Tom Blake.

• The Time of the Lincolns

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/lincolns/
  A feature which portrays life in America in the mid-nineteenth century.

• The Trail Of Waitangi

  http://www.waitangi.com/
  Short extracts about New Zealand history from the early missionary era.

• The Valley of the Shadow - Two Communities in the American Civil War

  http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/
  The archives tell the story of major national political events that occurred between 1859 and April 1870.

• The Victorian Web

  http://www.victorianweb.org/
  Extensive collection of essays about life and culture.

• Trails of Hope - Overland Diaries and Letters

  http://overlandtrails.lib.byu.edu/
  a collection of the original writings of 49 voyagers on the Mormon, California, Oregon, and Montana trails.

• Victorian Source for Victorian Restoration and Decorating

  http://www.lacetoleather.com/victorian.html
  Sources for home and furniture restoration or decorating, including historical articles and pictures for accuracy.

• Victorian Turkish Baths

  http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/
  Their origin, development, and gradual decline.

• William Loney RN - Victorian Naval Surgeon

  http://home.kpn.nl/pdavis/Loney.htm
  Life and times illustrated by original documents and photos, extracts from ships' and medical logs, maps, period documents, and background historical material.

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