Books:
Black Hands, White Sails From Newbery Honor author Patricia C. McKissack and her husband, Fredrick L. McKissack, comes the dramatic, little-known story of the role African Americans played in the East Coast whaling industry. The whalers also played a significant part in the formation of the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad.

On-line Resources:
Royall House of Medford, MA

Black Loyalist Heritage Society Descendants of the African slaves who had sided with the British and emigrated to Birchtown Nova Scotia, Canada at the end of the American Revolution.

African American Heritage Trail of Martha's Vineyard

Freedman's Village Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia

Race the Power of an Illusion 3 Part Documentary about race in society, science and history

African Slave Markers in Colonial Newport Rhode Island

Facing History, Facing Ourselves

Documentaries:
Slave Catchers, Slave Resisters Produced locally by Northern Light Productions This feature-length special features stories about slave catchers and slave resistance, from the colonial era through the Civil War and its aftermath.