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*Hudgins, Dennis. ''Surry County, Virginia Register of Free Negroes''. Richmond, Va.: Viginia Genealogical Society, 1995. {{FHL|704453|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5562 F2h}}.<br>  
*Hudgins, Dennis. ''Surry County, Virginia Register of Free Negroes''. Richmond, Va.: Viginia Genealogical Society, 1995. {{FHL|704453|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5562 F2h}}.<br>  
*Kegley, Mary B. ''Free People of Colour: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves''. Wytheville, Virginia: Kegley Books, 2003. {{FHL|1234067|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 F2kf}}; digital version at [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE69756 Family History Archives].
*Kegley, Mary B. ''Free People of Colour: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves''. Wytheville, Virginia: Kegley Books, 2003. {{FHL|1234067|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 F2kf}}; digital version at [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE69756 Family History Archives].
 
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Black families freed prior to 1820 have been reconstructed in:  
Black families freed prior to 1820 have been reconstructed in:  


*Paul Heinegg, ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware'' at [http://freeafricanamericans.com/ http://freeafricanamericans.com/]&nbsp;(accessed 25 May 2012). About 2,000 pages of family histories based on colonial court order and minute books 1790-1810 census records, tax lists, wills, deeds, free Negro registers, marriage bonds, parish registers, and Revolutionary War pension files.
*Paul Heinegg, ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware'' at [http://freeafricanamericans.com/ http://freeafricanamericans.com/]&nbsp;(accessed 25 May 2012). About 2,000 pages of family histories based on colonial court order and minute books 1790-1810 census records, tax lists, wills, deeds, free Negro registers, marriage bonds, parish registers, and Revolutionary War pension files.


A good history to read on the subject is:[[Image:Freenegro.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]<br>
A good history to read on the subject is:  


*Russell, John Henderson. ''The Free Negro in Virginia, 1619-1865''. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1913. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/freenegro00russrich Internet Archive]. 1969 reprint: {{FHL|233767|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 F2r}}.<br>
*Russell, John Henderson. ''The Free Negro in Virginia, 1619-1865''. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1913. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/freenegro00russrich Internet Archive]. 1969 reprint: {{FHL|233767|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 F2r}}.<br>
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