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The Library of Congress has an online exhibit called [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam015.html the African-American Mosaic] which has photographs and slave narratives of former slaves in Alabama. | One reason that researching slaves is more difficult than researching other groups of people is because slaves did not have surnames, so the only way to identify them was by who the owner was. Later, segregated schools, inexplicable surnames, and a lack of written or signed contracts became obstacles for genealogists who researched African Americans. Before the abolition of slavery in 1865, almost 250,000 of the 4 million slaves in the southern states were freemen. However, these freemen did not leave much of a paper trail because of fear, illiteracy, and a lack of money. Many had settled in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. | ||
The Library of Congress has an online exhibit called [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam015.html the African-American Mosaic] which has photographs and slave narratives of former slaves in Alabama. | |||
===Vital Records=== | ===Vital Records=== | ||