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White slave masters who belonged to the Quaker and Methodist faiths often set their slaves free in the 1700s and 1800s.<ref>John Henderson Russell, ''The Free Negro in Virginia, 1619-1865'' (Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1913), 57-58. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/freenegro00russrich Internet Archive].</ref> Paul Heinegg prepared a detailed list of [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiafreeafter1782.htm '''Virginia slaves manumitted'''] (freed) between 1782 and the 1820s. | White slave masters who belonged to the Quaker and Methodist faiths often set their slaves free in the 1700s and 1800s.<ref>John Henderson Russell, ''The Free Negro in Virginia, 1619-1865'' (Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1913), 57-58. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/freenegro00russrich Internet Archive].</ref> Paul Heinegg prepared a detailed list of [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiafreeafter1782.htm '''Virginia slaves manumitted'''] (freed) between 1782 and the 1820s. | ||
[http://unknownnolonger.vahistorical.org/ '''Unknown No Longer: A Database of Virginia Slave Names'''] is a free online database created by the [[Virginia Historical Society]]. Information on many Virginia slaves is available in this work in progress.<ref>Dick Eastman, "Virginia Historical Society Slave Database Online," ''Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter,'' 24 February 2012, https://blog.eogn.com/?s=virginia+slave+database.</ref> | [http://unknownnolonger.vahistorical.org/ '''Unknown No Longer: A Database of Virginia Slave Names'''] is a free online database created by the [[Virginia Historical Society]]. Information on many Virginia slaves is available in this work in progress.<ref>Dick Eastman, "Virginia Historical Society Slave Database Online," ''Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter,'' 24 February 2012, [https://blog.eogn.com/?s=virginia+slave+database].</ref> | ||
Morales and Valaitis indexed slaves in '''birth registers''' across the state for the period 1853 to 1865: | Morales and Valaitis indexed slaves in '''birth registers''' across the state for the period 1853 to 1865: | ||