African American Resources for Arkansas: Difference between revisions

Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church records from 1944-1983 are located in the state archives (Arkansas History Commission). This collection contains the church board, treasurer, and Sunday school records of the Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), of Sweet Home, Arkansas, 1944-1983.
First Missionary Baptist Church [Little Rock] (1845- ) History

Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]

Genealogy[edit | edit source]

"Arkansas African-American Records" at Arkansas Genealogy - Provides resources, including links to African American cemeteries, military records, slave records, and more.

History[edit | edit source]

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Military[edit | edit source]

Arkansas and Missouri Union Army muster rolls 1863-1864 Contains the muster rolls for the Second and Third Regiments, Arkansas Infantry volunteers of African descent, and a couple of Missouri regiments (Arkansas History Commission).
Company G, 2nd Arkansas Volunteers of African Descent, United States of America, records This collection contains records pertaining to Company G, 2nd Arkansas Volunteers, United States Army, during the Civil War.

Probate Records[edit | edit source]

School Records[edit | edit source]

Slavery[edit | edit source]

Slavery in Arkansas - a resource for genealogists featuring Arkansas Slave Names, a searchable, downloadable spreadsheet containing the names of enslaved people, the slaveholders, and county.

Societies and Organizations[edit | edit source]

Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS)
AAHGS Arkansas Chapter
P.O. Box 4294
Little Rock, AR 72214

Mosaic Templars of America (MTA)
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
501 W. Ninth Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
(501) 683-3593

Time Line[edit | edit source]

1859 Arkansas law ordered free Negroes and mulattoes to leave the state by the end of the year or select a master "who must give bond not to allow such Negroes to act as free."

Free Negroes were to carry at all times his "free papers"(manumission) which gave his name and description and explained just how his freedom had been obtained.

Voting Registers[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

Books[edit | edit source]

Taylor, Orville W. Negro Slavery in Arkansas. Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 2000. FHL book 976.77 F2t At various libraries (WorldCat).

George Berry Washington, Black Plantation Owner. By Iroquois Research Institute prepared for Historic Preservation Associates. - Fairfax, Va.: The Institute, 1981. - iv, 84 leaves: ill. F415.C9 W373
Burton, Arthur T. Black, Buckskin and Blue: African American Scouts and Soldiers on the Western Frontier. Austin, Texas: Eaton Press, 1999. FHL book 978 F2b At various libraries (WorldCat).

Clark, John Franklin. A Brief History of Negro Baptists in Arkansas: A Story of Their Progress and Development, 1867-1939. Pine Bluff, Ark.: [s.n.], 1938. At various libraries (WorldCat).

Works Project Administration. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves. Arkansas Narratives, Parts 1–7. Digital version at Internet Archive made available by Project Gutenberg.

Black History Commission of Arkansas - Arkansas History Commission and State Archives[1]

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 === A Research Strategy ===
+=== Archives and Libraries ===
 === Freedmen's Bureau  ===
@@ Line 15: / Line 17: @@
 *{{RecordSearch|2328125|Arkansas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1864-1872}} Images Only.
 *[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2328125 Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1864-1872]
-*[http://mappingthefreedmensbureau.com/ Mapping the Freedmen's Bureau] - visual guide to the Freedmen's Bureau Field Offices, Freedmen Schools, contraband camps, and battle site locations the US Colored Troops fought.   <div style="width: 55%; float: right"><br>
+*[http://mappingthefreedmensbureau.com/ Mapping the Freedmen's Bureau] - visual guide to the Freedmen's Bureau Field Offices, Freedmen Schools, contraband camps, and battle site locations the US Colored Troops fought
+*[https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/m1901.pdf Records of the Field Offices for the State of Arkansas,  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872] - a National Archives document describing the contents of each field office's records
 {{Click|Image:AA_ORP.png|African_American_Online_Genealogy_Records|right}}
@@ Line 29: / Line 32: @@
 *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8755 Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871] ($)
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417695 United States, Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874] - searchable database with browsable images for [https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=3MDR-K62%3A1551794603%3Fcc%3D1417695 Little Rock, Arkansas]
-=== Archives and Libraries  ===
 === Vital Records  ===
@@ Line 72: / Line 73: @@
 === School Records  ===
+=== Slavery ===
+[https://arkansasslavery.wordpress.com/ Slavery in Arkansas] - a resource for genealogists featuring [https://sites.google.com/view/arkansasslavenames/home Arkansas Slave Names], a searchable, downloadable spreadsheet containing the names of enslaved people, the slaveholders, and county.
 === Societies and Organizations  ===