This LibGuide is a roadmap for the Antebellum Research Project: The Coming of the Civil War. Follow the links on this guide to discover:
Reference Sources: Encyclopedias that are useful as background information while starting a topic.
Primary Sources: Documents, photos, video and other things that were created right as history happened.
Secondary Sources: Books and journal articles written by historians that provide valuable insight into events and their meaning.
The images "Bleeding Kansas Poser," "Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave," and "John Brown Photography" are from Wiki Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/). There are no known restrictions on these images.
