Quick Guide to African American Records (view source)
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African American records at the Family History Library are listed in the bibliography below. Look for records from the place and time your ancestor lived. | African American records at the Family History Library are listed in the bibliography below. Look for records from the place and time your ancestor lived. | ||
*Taylor, Marie. ''[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH33&CISOPTR=1765&REC=13 Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources]''. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 2000. ( | *Taylor, Marie. ''[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH33&CISOPTR=1765&REC=13 Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources]''. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 2000. ({{FHL|956235|title-id|disp=FHL book 973 F23tm; fiche 6002568}}.) This bibliography: | ||
:*Has citations for about 3,320 African American sources. | :*Has citations for about 3,320 African American sources. | ||
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Many slaves "stole" themselves and escaped north into Canada and freedom from the fugitive slave laws that required their return from northern states. See: | Many slaves "stole" themselves and escaped north into Canada and freedom from the fugitive slave laws that required their return from northern states. See: | ||
*Taylor, Marie. ''[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH33&CISOPTR=1765&REC=13 Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources]''. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 2000. ( | *Taylor, Marie. ''[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH33&CISOPTR=1765&REC=13 Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources]''. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 2000. ({{FHL|956235|title-id|disp=FHL book 973 F23tm; fiche 6002568}}.) Look under "Migration" in both the "Subject" and "Locality" sections. | ||
*National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at http://www.freedomcenter.org/ (accessed 6 February 2010). | *National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at http://www.freedomcenter.org/ (accessed 6 February 2010). | ||
*National Geographic, "The Underground Railroad" at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html (accessed 6 February 2010). | *National Geographic, "The Underground Railroad" at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html (accessed 6 February 2010). | ||