Internet Resources
Digital History: Chinese Immigrants and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/china1.cfm. Basic overview (accessed May 1, 2011).
Digital History: Asian-American Voices. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/asian_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=15 Racism and the law as it pertained to Blacks, Native Americans, Asians, and other non-whites as affirmed by the California Supreme Court during the mid 1800s (accessed May 1, 2011).
Digital History: Landmarks in Immigration History - Time Line. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/immigration_chron.cfm References the Ireland Potato famine and Irish migration to the U.S., Asian migration to the U.S., the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, the abolishment of slavery, exclusivity clauses in the U.S. Immigration Act, and more are included hereon (accessed May 1, 2011).
History Detectives: Indentured Servants in the United States. http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/212_indenturedfeature.html Brief highlight of indentured servitude beginning in the United States (specifically in Virginia) during 1607 (accessed May 3, 2011).
The Social Work History Station: A CSWE Millennium Project. http://www.boisestate.edu/socwork/dhuff/history/central/core.htm Sponsored by Boise State College, an extraordinary website highlighting early American History, biographical sketches of diverse groups of Americans, and more. Provides insight into the economic foundation of the United States via the use of indentured servitude and Black slavery between 1650 and 1800. Delves into the plight of America's poor and working class through 1940. Good information source re: diversity, social ills and their progressive impact on American society (accessed May 7, 2011).
The Terrible Transformation: From Indentured Servitude to Racial Slavery – Part 1 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr3.html Background info regarding these two dehumanizing types of bondage. (accessed June 17, 2011).
http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/000001/000000/000183/html/t183.html Various aspects of Maryland indentured servitude law as recorded by the State of Maryland. (accessed June 15, 2011).
Davidson, Basil. Africa: Episode 1 – Different But Equal Youtube Film Presentation. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1529743144647466655&q=basil+ davidson&total=13&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1# An enlightening, visual history of African culture created by Africanologist Basil Davidson that dispels misconceptions regarding the continent (accessed on May 18, 2011).
Guion, Lisa A. and Diehl, David C. - Defining Diversity http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy752 An overview of diversity (accessed on June 11, 2011).
Lancaster, R. Kent, Almost Chattel: The Lives of at Hampton – Northampton, Baltimore County http://www.nps.gov/hamp/historyculture/indentured-servants.htm Indentured servitude in Maryland, Captain Charles Ridgely (accessed June 12, 2011)
Law Library of Congress: American Women - Slavery and Indentured Servitude http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awlaw3/slavery.html Specific info regarding early immigrants and enslaved blacks (accessed June 12, 2011)
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