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FREEDMEN - TENNESSEE | FREEDMEN - TENNESSEE | ||
'''Biographies''' | ==== '''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. | *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''' | ==== '''Cemeteries''' ==== | ||
African Americans were generally buried in cemeteries that were race-specific. | African Americans were generally buried in cemeteries that were race-specific. | ||
''' | ==== '''Census''' ==== | ||
The first Tennessee census that included the names and identities of freed slaves was taken in 1870. | |||
'''Military Records''' | ==== '''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: | 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. | *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. | ||