Internet Resources

Religious Practices

• National Humanities Center--Religious Practices
• Library of Congress--African Spirituals 
• ​There are many spirituals attributed to a man named Wallace Willis, but there is not a lot of information available about him. This is a Wikipedia page about him. Keep in mind there might be issues with the information since it is hard to tell where it is from. 
• Colonial Williamsburg - Religion and Slavery
• Slavery And African American Religion--This article is from encyclopedia.com, which isn't reputable source and it doesn't have an author. Check the sources to make sure you trust it!

Daily Life

• Thirteen/PBS--The Slave Experience: Education, Art and Culture 

• State Library of North Carolina--Slave Codes
• ​Britannica*--Slave Codes 
• PBS--The African Americans 
• National Humanities Center--The Enslaved Family 
• National Humanities Center--The Plantation Community

Song Evolution

• PBS--Singing in Slavery

• Smithsonian--Roots of African American Music

• Britannica*--Oral Tradition
• Library of Congress--African American Song
• The Wire--The Songs that Sang of Black America Before 1863​

audio and video resources

NPR Music--Wade in the Water (podcast)

History Notes: The Music of Washington's World (video)

Library of Congress--Voices From the Days of Slavery (podcasts)

NPR - Rhiannon Giddens Sings Slave Narratives (podcast)

TEDx Talks--African American Spiritual Music Tradition, a Family Affair: Odessa Settles at TEDxNashville

Database resources

The following databases might be useful to you in your research. Remember, databases have a publisher, so they are trustworthy, and need to be searched by keyword. 

Gale in Context: Biography

Gale in Context: Middle School

Gale in Context: US History

Britannica Middle School

Find even more information on the DATABASES page of the library website. 

These databases should be accessible directly from school. If you need a username/password, click the padlock. (You will need to be logged into your WPS google account to access the passwords).

 *this is from the free version of Encyclopaedia Britannica. You may find more information through the link on the library Databases page. ​