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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.

Fairfax Court Slavery Index

From the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, a description of the index they created that lists the names of slaves found in Will Books and Deed Books in Fairfax County, Virginia.

FamilySearch - Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866

Index and images of birth registers compiled by the WPA.

Finding the Enslaved Laborers at UVA (Facebook)

Jefferson's University ...the early life - List of African-American Individuals

Here you will find a list of African Americans associated with the University of Virginia, 1819-1870, enslaved or free persons of colour. This list is continually updated as new evidence is found by JUEL researchers in the University primary source records and entered into the JUEL database.

P.A. Miller - Slave Records from my research

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Maryland.

Sankofa-gen Wiki - Virginia

Sankofa-gen Wiki is a growing collection of freely accessible genealogical and historical data pertaining to U.S.A. antebellum plantations, farms, factories, manors, etc. that used African slave labor. This site is a wiki which means that you, the slave genealogy researcher, can add and update information instantly. This website aims to summarize plantation-related data in a way that allows the genealogist to better visualize the lives of our enslaved ancestors within a historical context.

The Geography of Slavery in Virginia: Virginia Runaways, Slave Advertisements, Runaway Advertisements

The Virginia Slave Code of 1705

University of Virginia - President’s Commission on Slavery and the University

Virginia Museum of History & Culture - Unknown No Longer

Biographical details of enslaved Virginians from unpublished historical records in its collections.

Virginia Runaways

Runaway slave advertisements from 18th-century Virginia newspapers.