Find Out More
Here you can access complete versions of the maps used on the tour! You will also find suggestions for books about the U.S. Domestic Slave Trade, as well as links to the Slover Library and Sargeant Memorial Collection's websites and social media to keep up with the latest information.
Full Maps
Further Reading
An Intimate Economy: Enslaved Women, Work, and America's Domestic Slave Trade
Written by: Alexandra J. Finley
Cash For Blood: The Baltimore to New Orleans Domestic Slave Trade
Written by: Ralph Clayton
Carry Me Back: The Domestic Slave Trade in American Life
Written by: Steven Deyle
Creole Rebellion: The Most successful Slave Revolt in American History
Written by: Bruce Chadwick
The Richmond Slave Trade: The Economic Backbone of the Old Dominion
Written by: Jack Trammell
Soul By Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave
Written by: Walter Johnson
Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas
Written by: Sally E. Hadden
"The Underground Railroad Records: Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom"
Written by: William Stills
Money Over Mastery, Family Over Freedom: Slavery in the Antebellum Upper South
Written by: Calvin Schermerhorn
Slave Narratives from The Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 Virginia
Federal Writers' Project
Slaves for Hire: Renting Enslaved Laborers in Antebellum Virginia
Written by: John J. Zaborney
A Troublesome Commerce: The Transformation of the Interstate Slave Trade
Written by: Robert H. Gudmestad
Want to know more?
Visit the Sargeant Memorial Collection and the Slover Library located on Plume Street in Downtown Norfolk or check out the Norfolk Historical Society's website below for upcoming events and programs.
The Norfolk Historical Society
"The Norfolk Historical Society, both by itself and in partnership with other organizations, shall actively promote the collection, interpretation, and preservation of Norfolk, Virginia area history through educational programs, preservation support, community awareness, and advocacy."
