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Kathryn Sansbury - Wake Forest-Rolesville High, North Carolina
Hallie Williamson - Acaciawood School, California

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Barbara Bureker - Evergreen Internet Academy, Washington

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2 = Fair

3 = Good

4 = Excellent

Runaway Male Slave Clothing Descriptions in the Virginia Gazette, 1775
http://members.tripod.com/~colonies/runaways/slaves.htm
This site contains a series of ads placed in the Virginia Gazette in 1775 which describes runaway male slaves, using the clothing they were wearing as the main descriptors. This site could be “attractive to teachers who want to show students a primary document from that time period.” Most interesting is “how little detailed information was available about most of the runaways.” Some ads did not even include a name. This primary source shows the anonymity of slaves in a very powerful way. A link leads to a similar page with ads for male runaway indentured servants. Although this site does not provide a great deal of information, it is well worth a visit by students as an interesting primary document. “Since each entry is quite short, students as young as 4th grade would be able to use this site,” but older students will also find it of interest.
Overall Rating: 3

United States Boys Clothing: Slavery
http://histclo.hispeed.com/country/us/slave/cus-slave.html
This page of an enormous Historical Boys Clothing web site concentrates on slavery, particularly as it involved children. Many topics are discussed, including “white” slaves, racial makeup of slaves, the Civil War and key people, with pictures and links to further information throughout. One link leads to an inflation calculator so that the value of a slave can be computed in today’s market. “The volume of information and primary sources is a strong point to this site.” A weak point is the many errors in spelling and punctuation. This site would be “appropriate for U.S. History classes and related subjects in grades four through 12.”
Overall Rating: 3