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African American counties in dark purple.

African Americans are listed as the most frequent ancestor ethnic group in eight states: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
The Freedman's Bank and the Freedmen's Bureau were completely separate organizations, run by different government branches, with separate National Archive record groups.
Ten percent of the African American population was free before the Civil War.
Only 15 percent of freed slaves used the family name of a former owner.
From 1865 to 1875 many African Americans changed their family name.
The first Africans to arrive in what is now the United States were brought to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, before the Piligrims landed at Plymouth Rock.

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 *Ten percent of the African American population was free before the Civil War.
 *Only 15 percent of freed slaves used the family name of a former owner.
-*From 1865 to 1875 African Americans may have changed their family name several times.
+*From 1865 to 1875 many African Americans changed their family name.
 *The first Africans to arrive in what is now the United States were brought to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, before the Piligrims landed at Plymouth Rock.