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https://uark.libguides.com/az.php?q=america – The University of Arkansas subscribes to several online databases that may be helpful to your group (make sure it’s the right time period).
https://founders.archives.gov/ – contains transcribed letters from the founding fathers. You can sort by individual as well as time period and subject matter.
https://freedomonthemove.org/ – newspaper advertisements contain a veritable wealth of information! This database provides students with transcribed newspapers pertaining to fugitive enslaved peoples.
http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/page/welcome – does what it says on the tin, that is, provides images related to enslaved life in the early African Diaspora.
https://www.archives.gov/research/military/american-revolution – The National Archives holds records relating to military service during the Revolutionary War, including both Continental troops and state troops that served as Continental troops.
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/publications/publications-by-subject/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution.html – The revolution at sea!
https://guides.loc.gov/american-revolution/digital-collections – tons of digitized materials related to the American Revolution held at the Library of Congress
https://archives.nypl.org/collection/digital – the New York Public Library has TONS of archival materials that are digitized and easily accessible…the one problem is that they are not word searchable, so you’ll have to do some archival work the old fashioned way – narrowing it down by dates, looking at finding aids, etc.
https://www.amdigital.co.uk/primary-sources/colonial-america AND
https://www.amdigital.co.uk/primary-sources/slavery-abolition-and-social-justice
Both of these are Adam Matthew databases and while they are fully text searchable, if you want to use them, you will need to request a free trial login (30 days) using your UARK account, but it will provide you with access to thousands of resources including published works, correspondence, Request a trial here: https://www.amdigital.co.uk/products/free-trials
https://go.gale.com/ps/start.do?p=SAS&u=faye28748 – An archive of books, pamphlets, court records, and manuscript materials consisting of debates on slavery and abolition.
https://www.masshist.org/digital-collections – sets of digitized items which have been organized either around a common topic, such as the American Revolution, or to highlight a specific collection, such as the papers of Thomas Jefferson, organized by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
https://libguides.bgsu.edu/internetprimaryUS/18th – A MASSIVE list of internet sites containing primary sources for the study of American History during the 18th century.