Resources on the Trans-Atlantic Human Trade in Biloxi, Mississippi

Trans-Atlantic Voyages of Captive Africans to Biloxi | Open Tour

Biloxi, Mississippi – Annotated Bibliography

Photo Archive – Mississippi

Disclaimer:

The content of these documents provides details of the Middle Passage, specific vessels transporting captive Africans, the arrival of these people, and the ubiquity of slavery. The following resources include racist language as well as references to violence, dehumanization, and the enslavement of Africans. The language contained in the following documents may be upsetting to some readers.

Books and Literature

Africans In Colonial Louisiana
Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in a Frontier Exchange Economy: The Lower Mississippi Valley Before 1783
Historical Journal of the Establishment of the French Louisiana.
Slavery, Settlement, and Empire: The Expansion and Growth of Slavery in the Interior of the North American Continent, 1770-1820

Further Reading

Slave Voyages – Biloxi, Mississippi

“The Illinois Country and the Treaty of Paris of 1783″ by Norman A. Graebner.

A Guide to French Louisiana Manuscripts: An Expanded Edition of the 1926 Surrey Calendar with Appendices

Historic Resource Study Guide: Ship Island, Harrison County, Mississippi, Gulf Islands National Seashore Florida/Mississippi

Directory of French Slave Expeditions in the 18th Century