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See both the Freedmen’s Bureau and county court records for information on guardianship and apprentices. Former slaveholders often became the legal guardians of infants and small children. Orphans old enough to work were also apprenticed to the former slaveholder. | See both the Freedmen’s Bureau and county court records for information on guardianship and apprentices. Former slaveholders often became the legal guardians of infants and small children. Orphans old enough to work were also apprenticed to the former slaveholder. | ||
==== Another Way of Identifying the | ==== Another Way of Identifying the Enslaver ==== | ||
If the sources listed above do not help you identify | If the sources listed above do not help you identify an enslaver, try the following technique: | ||
#Find your family on the 1870 census. | #Find your family on the 1870 census. | ||