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:*Plantation records. Account logbooks give the names of enslaved persons, family relationships, and their assigned tasks. Some records give the enslaved person's birth and death dates. They also record when an enslaved person was bought, from whom, and for how much. | :*Plantation records. Account logbooks give the names of enslaved persons, family relationships, and their assigned tasks. Some records give the enslaved person's birth and death dates. They also record when an enslaved person was bought, from whom, and for how much. | ||
:*Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1966. | :*Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1966. | ||
=== Databases of Names of Enslaved Persons === | === Databases of Names of Enslaved Persons === | ||
There are various websites where researchers submit names of enslaved persons they have come across in records. Try searching these databases for known enslaved persons or elslavers: | There are various websites where researchers submit names of enslaved persons they have come across in records. Try searching these databases for known enslaved persons or elslavers: | ||
* [http://slavenamerollproject.blogspot.com/ Slave Name Roll Project] | * [http://slavenamerollproject.blogspot.com/ Slave Name Roll Project]<br> | ||
There are several other projects dedicated to specific regions or record types, for example: | There are several other projects dedicated to specific regions or record types, for example: | ||
* [http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/search-the-narrative Unknown No Longer: A Database of Virginia Slave Names] at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture | * [http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/search-the-narrative Unknown No Longer: A Database of Virginia Slave Names] at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture | ||
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== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
*[https://aagsnc.org/ African American Genealogical Society of Northern California (AAGSNC)] has links to African American history and genealogy divided into seventeen categories. | *[https://aagsnc.org/ African American Genealogical Society of Northern California (AAGSNC)] has links to African American history and genealogy divided into seventeen categories. | ||
*[[African American Cemeteries|African American Cemeteries]] | *[[African American Cemeteries|African American Cemeteries]] | ||
*[https://dlas.uncg.edu/ Digital Library on American Slavery] at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro, has digitized documents about enslaved Americans from thousands of court and legislative petitions filed between 1775 and 1867 in fifteen different states. Search by name, petition or browse subjects. | *[https://dlas.uncg.edu/ Digital Library on American Slavery] at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro, has digitized documents about enslaved Americans from thousands of court and legislative petitions filed between 1775 and 1867 in fifteen different states. Search by name, petition or browse subjects. | ||
*[https://slavebiographies.org/ Slave Biographies (Atlanta Database Network)] | *[https://slavebiographies.org/ Slave Biographies (Atlanta Database Network)] | ||