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{{ | {{Click|Image:AA_ORP.png|African American Online Genealogy Records|left}}In [[United States Census|Census records]], from 1790-1840, only names of the head of household were provided, along with the number of slaves and "free persons of color." In 1850 and 1860, the Federal government took a supplemental slave census, giving the slave owner's name, and the number of slaves by gender, age, and a designation of black or mulatto. The names of all free blacks were included in the 1850 and 1860 census. Beginning in 1870, the census listed the names of all African Americans.<br><br> | ||
Local Census and County Records State census records, school census records, town census records, deeds, bills of sale, marriage records, county will books and probate records sometimes lists names of slaves, and other genealogy information. <br> | Local Census and County Records State census records, school census records, town census records, deeds, bills of sale, marriage records, county will books and probate records sometimes lists names of slaves, and other genealogy information. <br> | ||
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*[http://users.adelphia.net/~cliffmurr/ http://users.adelphia.net/~cliffmurr/] | *[http://users.adelphia.net/~cliffmurr/ http://users.adelphia.net/~cliffmurr/] | ||
*Wall, Mildred Eugenia. ''The Locationa and Distribution of the Free Negro Population in the Old South''. M.A. Thesis, Duke university, 1945. | *Wall, Mildred Eugenia. ''The Locationa and Distribution of the Free Negro Population in the Old South''. M.A. Thesis, Duke university, 1945. | ||
'''Slave Narratives.''' For autobiographical sketches of former slaves see: | '''Slave Narratives.''' For autobiographical sketches of former slaves see: | ||