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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[African American Research|African American Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[African American Slavery and Bondage|Slavery and Bondage]]''  
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African American slavery, plantation and other related records available for researchers.  
African American slavery, plantation and other related records available for researchers.  
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=== Finding Plantation Records  ===
=== Finding Plantation Records  ===
'''Colonial Plantation Records'''
A collection of Plantation records are found in the ''The Colonial Office Records of the British Colonial Office'', by Randolph Boehm and Linda Womaski. The collection is found in five parts:Part1:Westward Expansion 1700-1783, Part 2:The Board of Trade Part 3: The French and Indian War, and Part 4 Royal instructions and Commissions to Colonial Officials 1702-1784 Part 5: The American Revolution, 1772-1784.There are 53 microfilms first Film 1549671 {{FHL|608928|item|desp=FHL film 1549671}}Guides To film FHL Book 973 H23w, 973 H23wi, and 973 H23L<br>


A few plantation records are listed in a set of user-guide books starting with the title ''Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War'' (Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1966). The records described in these user-guide booklets are a microfilm collection of manuscripts held in several major research libraries throughout the South. Parts of the papers from some plantations were once scattered by their donation to many libraries, and this collection now helps gather some of them in a single set. It offers access to selected material from Maryland to Texas in one source.<ref>Jean L. Cooper, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53999037 Genealogical Index to the Guides of the Microfilm Edition of Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War]'' ([Bloomington, Ind.]: 1st Books, 2003), vii. [FHL Ref book 973 D22cj]</ref> Viewing the user guides online requires [http://www.adobe.com/ Adobe® Acrobat® Reader]. Also, a more recent series about slavery in Southern industries has been started.  
A few plantation records are listed in a set of user-guide books starting with the title ''Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War'' (Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1966). The records described in these user-guide booklets are a microfilm collection of manuscripts held in several major research libraries throughout the South. Parts of the papers from some plantations were once scattered by their donation to many libraries, and this collection now helps gather some of them in a single set. It offers access to selected material from Maryland to Texas in one source.<ref>Jean L. Cooper, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53999037 Genealogical Index to the Guides of the Microfilm Edition of Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War]'' ([Bloomington, Ind.]: 1st Books, 2003), vii. [FHL Ref book 973 D22cj]</ref> Viewing the user guides online requires [http://www.adobe.com/ Adobe® Acrobat® Reader]. Also, a more recent series about slavery in Southern industries has been started.  
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