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Black Power! 19th Century

From the Newark Public Library.

Blacks in Alaska History Project Inc.

Carleton's Loyalist Index and The Book of Negroes

A Select Index to Names of Loyalists and their Associates Contained in the British Headquarters Papers, New York City 1774-1783, The Carleton Papers.

Charleston, South Carolina Property Owners

References property abstracted from Charleston, South Carolina Inventories, Appraisal, Sales books: real estate descriptions, church pews, property destroyed by Union troops during the Civil War, locations of refuge during the Civil War and property belonging to freedmen and freedwomen.

Cleveland Public Library - African American History Databases

Communities in Common: Black History in Pennsylvania Study $

Ebook from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Darlington County SC African American Genealogy

Source material from Darlington County, South Carolina, for African-American genealogical research, including slave references from deed books and Reconstruction records from the Field Office Records of the Freedmen's Bureau.

Delaware: Enslaved and Free Persons, and Slaveholders (1836-1851)

This database is an ongoing project to index the names of enslaved persons and free persons, and slaveholders in Delaware. Each entry refers to the source of the information.

Digital Library on American Slavery - People Not Property: Slave Deeds

A collaborative endeavor between the UNCG University Libraries, North Carolina Division of Archives and Records, and North Carolina Registers of Deeds among others. Working as an addition to and evolution of the Digital Library on American Slavery, the project is leading towards a unique, centralized database of bills of sales indexing the names of enslaved people from across North Carolina and the South.

Early African American Settlers

The largest rural African American settlement of freed and newly free slaves in the state of Wisconsin. Began in 1850 - 1940. Detailed info on Arms and Shivers families.

Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project

The Eastern Kentucky African American Migration Project (EKAAMP) documents photos, oral histories, and other items related to African Americans in Eastern Kentucky.

Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Slavery

Enduring Connections - Exploring Delmarva's Black History

The sources compiled in this database help reveal important elements of Black life on the Delmarva Peninsula including family relationships, community connections, the end of slavery, attempts to re-unite family members, work and wealth-building, and connection to the land and water.

Finding the Forgotten: Resources for Wilton's Black History - Wilton Historical Society

Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network (FAAHPN)

Florida Memory - Jefferson County Freedmen's Contracts

Sharecropping agreements from 1867

Florida: Leon County Enslaved Persons and Slaveholders - American Origins

This database is an ongoing project to index the names of enslaved persons and slaveholders in Leon County, Florida.

Fourth Generation Inclusive

Fourth Generation Inclusive is a blog featuring historical documents of genealogical interest to researchers of North Carolina's free people of color. Documents are transcribed, abstracted or scanned, and posted with source citations and cross-references.

Free Blacks in Antebellum North Carolina

Genealogy blog about researching free Blacks in antebellum North Carolina.

Free People of Color of Texas

The Free People of Color of Texas Project is an attempt to identify all Free People of Color who were born or lived in Texas prior to the Civil War. The list of surnames on this website include people in many counties of Texas and numerous other states.