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| link1=[[United States Genealogy|United States]] | | link1=[[United States Genealogy|United States]] | ||
| link2=[[African American Genealogy|African American | | link2=[[African American Genealogy|African American Genealogy]] | ||
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| link5=[[ | | link5=[[African American Resources|Resources]] | ||
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== Introduction == | |||
The first blacks were brought to the United States in 1619 by Dutch traders. Contrary to popular belief, not all blacks labored as slaves in the fields of the large Southern plantations. Many worked for smaller land owners, some worked as servants in the cities, and some were free. By the Civil War period, the descendants of less than 400,000 transplanted Africans numbered over 4 million. Read more about slave records at http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/. | The first blacks were brought to the United States in 1619 by Dutch traders. Contrary to popular belief, not all blacks labored as slaves in the fields of the large Southern plantations. Many worked for smaller land owners, some worked as servants in the cities, and some were free. By the Civil War period, the descendants of less than 400,000 transplanted Africans numbered over 4 million. Read more about slave records at http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/. | ||
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*[http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces http://www.slavevoyages.org] | *[http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces http://www.slavevoyages.org] | ||
*[http://beyreuth.net/FLAFAMH/index.html Florida African-American Heritage] | *[http://beyreuth.net/FLAFAMH/index.html Florida African-American Heritage] | ||
== African American Genealogy Presentations == | == African American Genealogy Presentations == | ||