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1860 Charleston SC Slaveholders Listed Alphabetically
Alphabetical listing of all slaveholders on the 1860 Charleston, SC slave census, with the number of slaves held.
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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.
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African American Genealogy Resources: Slavery
Links from Christine's Genealogy Website.
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AfriGeneas - Slave Data Collection
Enslaved ancestors in public and private records. Clues and keys to the last slaveholder.
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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.
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Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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New Orleans, Louisiana, Slave Manifests, 1807-1860
Original source: Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807–1860. NARA microfilm publication M1895, 30 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Savannah, Georgia, Slave Manifests, 1811-1860
Original source: Savannah, Georgia: Coastwise Slave Manifests, 1801-1860. ARC 1151775, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. National Archives Southeast Region, Morrow, Georgia.
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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.
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U.S., Interviews with Former Slaves, 1936-1938
Original source: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, 1936–1938. Vol. 1-17. Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration microfilm publication SCM 000 320, SCM 000 321, SCM 000 322, SCM 000 323, SCM 000 325, 5 rolls. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
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Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives.
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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.
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Chester County Archives: Fugitive Slaves Records Index 1820-1839
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
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Documenting the American South: North American Slave Narratives
These are first first person narratives of slave experiences given in vivid detail.Records the mental and emotional reflections as well as physical realities.
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From the Augusta Chronicle. Meticulous records kept by slave owner allows descendants to chronicle their history in South Carolina.
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Companion site to the PBS documentary film. As a young child growing up in North Carolina, Macky Alston thought that it was unusual that many of his African American elementary school classmates shared his last name.
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Fold3 - African American Records
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Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
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Amistad - Federal Court Records
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Original source: NARA M1753. The district and circuit court records pertaining to the claims of salvage for the Spanish schooner Amistad, seized in 1839 by the US Navy.
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Amistad - Supreme Court Records
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Original source: NARA M2012. This Supreme Court case deals with issues of salvage of the Amistad, a ship carrying slaves seized by the US Navy in 1839, and popularized in a 1997 movie.
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From Slave Women to Free Women: The National Archives and Black Women's History in the Civil War Era
Article by Noralee Frankel.
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How Do I Trace My Slave Ancestors?
How to information from Lineages, Inc.
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