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African American counties in dark purple.

The first African settlers in the U.S. were 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: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
The Freedman's Bank and the Freedmen's Bureau were separate organizations, from different federal departments, in separate National Archives 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.

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 *[[African American Resources|Resources]]
 *[[African American Slavery and Bondage|Slavery and Bondage]]
 *[[African American Societies|Societies]]
 *[[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]]
 *[[African American Vital Records - Civil Registration|Vital Records]]
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 *[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable;c=1414908 Freedmen’s Bureau Virginia Marriages 1815-1866]
 *[http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1105 Freedmen's Bureau Field Offices 1865-1872]
-*[http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/steps.htm Southern Claims Commission Records]
+*[http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/steps.htm Southern Claims Commission]
 *[[Short article on African American Research|African American Research Short Article]]
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 *[http://www.broward.org/library/aarlcc.htm African American Research Library and Cultural Center]
 *[http://www.afrigeneas.com/ African Ancestored Genealogy]
 *[http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages]
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