Anti-Slavery journals available online in British Periodicals e-resource

Library members interested in slavery may be interested in looking at the British Periodicals database, available in the library.

ProQuest's British Periodicals is a large database of periodicals, charting the development and growth of the periodical press in Britain from its origins in the 17th century to the Victorian 'age of periodicals' and beyond. The database includes digital copies of each page of the titles included, in a high resolution bitonal facsimile, and includes illustrations and advertisements. The full text of each publication can be searched.

Some titles of specific interest include:

• Anti-Slavery Reporter (1825-1833)
• Anti-Slavery Reporter and Aborigines' Friend (1840-1931) and
• Freed-man. A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of the Freed Coloured People (1865-1868)

The ability to search the full text of these titles provides much benefit to users as well as helping preserve the print copies retained. Access to databases is via the ULRLS Libraries webpage at http://www.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/resources/databases.asp