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A great starting point is Afrigeneas's [http://afrigeneas.org/states/tn/ "African Ancestry in Tennessee."] | A great starting point is Afrigeneas's [http://afrigeneas.org/states/tn/ "African Ancestry in Tennessee."] | ||
== '''Pre-Civil War''' == | == '''Pre-Civil War''' == | ||
Records consist of slave importation declarations, plantation records, Tennessee hiring practices, census records, white family records, church and cemetery records, military records, vital records, and numerous Tennessee court records. | Records consist of slave importation declarations, plantation records, Tennessee hiring practices, census records, white family records, church and cemetery records, military records, vital records, and numerous Tennessee court records. | ||
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Occasionally slaves are mentioned in records of the plantations where they served. A collection of plantation records is: | Occasionally slaves are mentioned in records of the plantations where they served. A collection of plantation records is: | ||
Stamp, Kenneth M. ''Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War''. Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1989–1992. The records of several plantations were microfilmed in several series. They are indexed with Family History Library film numbers in Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources: As of 1994, mentioned below. | *Stamp, Kenneth M. ''Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War''. Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1989–1992. The records of several plantations were microfilmed in several series. They are indexed with Family History Library film numbers in Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources: As of 1994, mentioned below. | ||
An index to records at the Family History Library containing the names of African Americans is: | An index to records at the Family History Library containing the names of African Americans is: | ||
Taylor, Marie. Family History Library ''Bibliography of African American Sources: As of 1994''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, United States Reference, 2000. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=956235&disp=Family+History+Library+bibliography+of+A%20%20&columns=*,0,0 973 F23tm; fiche 6002568 [set of 5]; [this link allows access to a digital image].) Includes information taken from church, court, slavery, and vital records, as well from the Kenneth Stamp collection of Southern plantation records. | *Taylor, Marie. Family History Library ''Bibliography of African American Sources: As of 1994''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, United States Reference, 2000. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=956235&disp=Family+History+Library+bibliography+of+A%20%20&columns=*,0,0 973 F23tm; fiche 6002568 [set of 5]; [this link allows access to a digital image].) Includes information taken from church, court, slavery, and vital records, as well from the Kenneth Stamp collection of Southern plantation records. | ||
Slaves were gradually emancipated by Tennessee law beginning in 1865. | Slaves were gradually emancipated by Tennessee law beginning in 1865. | ||
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Research consists of consulting the same record types as for non-African Americans. In addition, there are some types of records specific to African-American research, such as emancipation records, apprenticeship bonds for freedmen, and the other types of records. | Research consists of consulting the same record types as for non-African Americans. In addition, there are some types of records specific to African-American research, such as emancipation records, apprenticeship bonds for freedmen, and the other types of records. | ||
The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company signature cards or registers may list a depositor’s birth date, birthplace, occupation, residences, death information, parents, children, spouses, siblings, or former masters. Tennessee had two branches of this bank at: | The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company signature cards or registers may list a depositor’s birth date, birthplace, occupation, residences, death information, parents, children, spouses, siblings, or former masters. Tennessee had two branches of this bank at: | ||
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The signature registers for these branches are microfilmed: | The signature registers for these branches are microfilmed: | ||
Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Washington, D.C.). ''Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1871–1874''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=709470&disp=Registers+of+signatures+of+depositors%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 928590].) | *Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Washington, D.C.). ''Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1871–1874''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=709470&disp=Registers+of+signatures+of+depositors%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 928590].) | ||
Other types of records were kept by The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, otherwise known as the Freedmen’s Bureau. An Internet site has resources for African-American research in Tennessee and other states: | Other types of records were kept by The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, otherwise known as the Freedmen’s Bureau. An Internet site has resources for African-American research in Tennessee and other states: | ||
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FREEDMEN - TENNESSEE | FREEDMEN - TENNESSEE | ||
''' | '''Biographies''' | ||
*Works Projects Administration. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/slavenarrativesa19932gut Slave Narratives - A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves].''Washington, 1941. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive. | |||
'''Cemeteries''' | |||
African Americans were generally buried in cemeteries that were race-specific. | |||
'''Church Records''' | |||
African Americans typically worshiped apart from white congregations in their own churches. | |||
'''Military Records''' | |||
* | For pensions of African Americans who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, see: | ||
*Brogden, John V. and Willie L. Robinson. [http://www.angelfire.com/wi/Carver/csaaa.html Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service] [Civil War], available online. | |||
== Research Guides == | == Research Guides == | ||
The [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|Tennessee State Library and Archives]] in Nashville offers several free online research guides for tracing Tennessee African Americans in their collection: | The [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|Tennessee State Library and Archives]] in Nashville offers several free online research guides for tracing Tennessee African Americans in their collection: | ||