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== Did you know? == | == Did you know? == | ||
*African Americans are | *African Americans are the most frequent ancestors in eight states: [http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana]. | ||
*The [[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records|Freedman's Bank]] and the [[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records|Freedmen's Bureau]] were separate organizations, from different government branches, in separate National Archives record groups. | *The [[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records|Freedman's Bank]] and the [[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records|Freedmen's Bureau]] were separate organizations, from different government branches, in separate National Archives record groups. | ||
*Ten percent of the African American population was free before the Civil War. | *Ten percent of the African American population was free before the Civil War. | ||