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== Did you know? == | == Did you know? == | ||
*The first Africans in the U.S. were sold as indentured servants in Jamestown, Va., in 1619 (before the Piligrims landed at Plymouth Rock) and freed after 7 years. | |||
*African American is the most common ancestry in: [http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana]. | *African American is the most common ancestry in: [http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana]. | ||
*The [[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records|Freedman's Bank]] and the [[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records|Freedmen's Bureau]] were separate organizations, from different government branches, in separate National Archives record groups. | *The [[African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records|Freedman's Bank]] and the [[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records|Freedmen's Bureau]] were separate organizations, from different government branches, in separate National Archives record groups. | ||
*Ten percent of the African American population was free before the Civil War. | *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. | *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. | *From 1865 to 1875 many African Americans changed their family name. | ||
== Key Internet Links == | == Key Internet Links == | ||
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