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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.

Centre County Government: Historical Records Imaging Project: Slave Records 1803-1820

Centre County, Pennsylvania. Online searchable index and scanned images.

Chester County Archives: Fugitive Slaves Records Index 1820-1839

Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Chester County Archives: Servant & Slavery Records

Chester County, Pennsylvania. Fugitive Slave Records, 1820-1839, Indentured Servant Complaints, 1700-1855, Negro Servant Returns, 1788-1821, Slave Manumissions.

Creole case - Wikipedia

Details about the slave revolt on board the American brig Creole.

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 History - Slavery

From the University of Houston

Digital Library on American Slavery - UNCG University Libraries

Race and Slavery Petitions Project, NC Runaway Slave Advertisements, Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, Slave Deeds of North Carolina, Slavery Era Insurance Registries.

Documenting the American South: North American Slave Narratives Updated

These are first first person narratives of slave experiences given in vivid detail.Records the mental and emotional reflections as well as physical realities.

Documenting the Enslaved in Your Family Tree | Ancestry (YouTube) New!

By Crista Cowan.

Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862-1863

Database from Christine's Genealogy Website.

Enslaved - Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade

Explore or reconstruct the lives of individuals who were enslaved, owned slaves, or participated in the historical trade.

Excerpts from the Texas Slave Narratives

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.

Families Discover Roots

From the Augusta Chronicle. Meticulous records kept by slave owner allows descendants to chronicle their history in South Carolina.

Family Name

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.

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.

Fold3 - African American Records $

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.

Free at Last? Slavery in Pittsburgh in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Freedom on the Move

A database of fugitives from North American slavery, a project by Cornell University.