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• 10 Million Names. Recover. Restore. Remember.

  10 Million Names is dedicated to recovering the names of the estimated ten million men, women, and children of African descent who were enslaved in pre- and post-colonial America (specifically, the territory that would become the United States) between the 1500s and 1865. 10 Million Names is engaging a collaborative network of expert genealogists, cultural organizations, and community-based family historians.

• 1860 Charleston SC Slaveholders Listed Alphabetically

  Alphabetical listing of all slaveholders on the 1860 Charleston, SC slave census, with the number of slaves held.

• 1860 slaves age 100 and up

  For the 1860 slave schedules, census enumerators were instructed to provide the names of all slaves age 100 years or more. The Decennial Digest reports there were 1,570 slaves age 100 and up on the 1860 slave schedules. Using the 1860 slave census index at Ancestry online [subscription required],1,555 such slaves have been found, and they are included in the table.

• A Guide to the Frederick County (VA.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1795-1871

  A collection in the Library of Virginia.

• A Guide to the Westmoreland County (VA.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1780-1863

  A collection in the Library of Virginia.

• A Map of American Slavery - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

• ACLU NorCal | Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California (YouTube)

• Adams County History - The Slaves of Adams County

  Pennsylvania

• AfriGeneas - Slave Data Collection (Internet Archive)

  Enslaved ancestors in public and private records. Clues and keys to the last slaveholder.

• Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1719-1820

  Online searchable database of over 100,000 descriptions of slaves found in documents in Louisiana between 1718 and 1821 from Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall.

• American Slave Narratives

• Amherstburg Freedom Museum

  Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. The Amherstburg Freedom Museum is located in Amherstburg, Ontario, a chief entry point into Canada for those escaping slavery in the U.S. The Museum consists of two historic buildings and a main exhibition building that preserves the rich Black heritage and history of the region.

• Amistad Committee, Inc. - Freedom Schooner Amistad

• Ancestry Blog - Restoring Slave Families Using USCT Pension Records

  By Linda Barnickel.

• Ancestry.com $

  Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

  • New Orleans, Louisiana, Slave Manifests, 1807-1860

    Original source: Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807

  • U.S., Freedmen Bureau Records of Field Offices, 1865-1878

    Original source: Records of the field offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1902, 21 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1903, 90 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Records of the Fields Offices for the State of North Carolina, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1909, 78 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

  • U.S., Interviews with Former Slaves, 1936-1938

    Original source: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, 1936

  • U.S., Southeast Coastwise Inward and Outward Slave Manifests, 1790-1860

    Original source: Savannah, Georgia: Coastwise Slave Manifests, 1801-1860. ARC ID: 1151775, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A. Mobile Coastwise Outward, 1820-1860. ARC ID: 2554808, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Mobile Coastwise Inward, 1821-1860. ARC ID: 2554808, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Savannah Coastwise Outward Slave Manifests: 1790-1859. ARC ID: 1151775, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Charleston Coastwise Inward/Outward, 1820-1855. ARC ID: 2767346, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.; Beaufort Coastwise Inward, 1826-1830. ARC ID: 2767350, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. The National Archives at Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S.A.

• Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, County Slave Records 1780-1834 $

  Original source: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Ancestry.com Wiki - African Americans of Virginia ^FREE

  This entry was originally written by Johni Cerny and Gareth L. Mark for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.

• Appraisements and Inventory of Slaves in Wills - Macon County, Alabama

• Been Here So Long

  Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives.

• Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938

  More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves from the Library of Congress.