11,587
edits
m
edited breadcrumb
m (Text replacement - "[https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch" to "[https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch") |
m (edited breadcrumb) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{ | {{breadcrumb | ||
| link1=[[United States Genealogy|United States]] | |||
| link2=[[African American Genealogy|African American Research]] | |||
| link3= | |||
| link4= | |||
| link5=[[African_American_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]] | |||
}}<br>{{AfrAm-sidebar}} | |||
{| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;" | {| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;" | ||
| [[Image:{{SlaveList}}]][[Image:Register of free negroes.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Example page from "Register of free negroes" of Nelson County, Virginia.]] | | [[Image:{{SlaveList}}]][[Image:Register of free negroes.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Example page from "Register of free negroes" of Nelson County, Virginia.]] | ||
| Line 6: | Line 12: | ||
Slaves were treated as chattel and their sale may be listed as a deed in land and property records of the county or state. Sometimes slaves were bequeathed or sold as part of the probate of an estate and this transfer or sale may be listed as a deed mixed in with probate records. | Slaves were treated as chattel and their sale may be listed as a deed in land and property records of the county or state. Sometimes slaves were bequeathed or sold as part of the probate of an estate and this transfer or sale may be listed as a deed mixed in with probate records. | ||
'''Online Records''' | '''Online Records''' | ||
*'''1865-1872''' - {{RecordSearch|2515867|United States Freedmen's Bureau Land and Property Records 1865-1872}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — images | *'''1865-1872''' - {{RecordSearch|2515867|United States Freedmen's Bureau Land and Property Records 1865-1872}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — images | ||
'''Registers of Slaves, Registers of Freedmen, and Manumission Papers''' | '''Registers of Slaves, Registers of Freedmen, and Manumission Papers''' | ||
By the time of start of the Civil War in 1861 about ten percent of African Americans were free. Most free African Americans carried their own papers, but these could be stolen. In order to distinguish between slaves, runaways, and free African Americans, many counties or states in the upper South, and border states kept one or more sets of registers or papers. Some had registers of slaves. Some kept registers of blacks, freedmen, "free men of color," or "free | By the time of start of the Civil War in 1861 about ten percent of African Americans were free. Most free African Americans carried their own papers, but these could be stolen. In order to distinguish between slaves, runaways, and free African Americans, many counties or states in the upper South, and border states kept one or more sets of registers or papers. Some had registers of slaves. Some kept registers of blacks, freedmen, "free men of color," or "free Negroes." Some kept copies of manumission papers of people freed from enslavement. To find these kinds of registers or papers look in county courthouse records. They are most likely found in the court papers, or among the land and property deeds, or occasionally in probate records, or even with taxation records. Sometimes these kinds of records are found at state libraries, archives, or historical societies. | ||
'''Slave Trade Registers''' | '''Slave Trade Registers''' | ||
| Line 30: | Line 34: | ||
Homestead applications for the 60 percent who never finished are available at the National Archives, but a researcher will need to find the legal description of the land they started to homestead in order to find the application papers. There is no index to homestead applications that were not completed. | Homestead applications for the 60 percent who never finished are available at the National Archives, but a researcher will need to find the legal description of the land they started to homestead in order to find the application papers. There is no index to homestead applications that were not completed. | ||
|} | |} | ||
{{African American|African American}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | {{African American|African American}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | ||
[[Category:African_American Records]] | [[Category:African_American Records]] | ||