Quick Guide to African American Records: Difference between revisions

Quick Guide to African American Records (view source)

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 . Look for the slaveholder’s name in:
+=== 1850 Slave Schedules ===
 *'''1850'''  {{RecordSearch|1420440|United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850}} at FamilySearch - [[United States Census, Slave Schedule, 1850 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
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-:*Federal census schedules, 1850 and 1860. Slave schedules give the age and sex of each enslaved person. For information on using slave schedules, see: [[United States Census Slave Schedule, 1850 - FamilySearch Historical Records|United States Census Slave Schedule, 1850 - FamilySearch Historical Records]] and [[U.S. Census Slave Schedule, 1860|U.S. Census Slave Schedule, 1860]] which each contain a section, ''How to Use the Collection.''
+Slave schedules give the age and sex of each enslaved person.
 :*The 1850 and 1860 federal census mortality schedules. These give the names of enslaved persons who died and the names of the slaveholders.
 :*Tax records. These list enslaved persons and their monetary value.