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[[Image:{{TNAfricanAm}}]] ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[African-American_Resources_for_Tennessee|African Americans]]''  
[[Image:{{TNAfricanAm}}]] ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[African-American Resources for Tennessee|African Americans]]''  


Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War.  
Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War.  
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*Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Tenn_1820.htm online], courtesy: [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/ Free African Americans] website.
*Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Tenn_1820.htm online], courtesy: [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/ Free African Americans] website.


Gale Williams Bamman located the following statistics in a book by historian Ira Berlin:
Gale Williams Bamman, CG&nbsp;located the following statistics in a book by Historian Ira Berlin:<ref>Gale Williams Bamman, "Research in Tennessee," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 81, No. 2 (Jun. 1993): 105. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=39597 FHL&amp;nbsp;US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)], citing Ira Berlin, ''Slaves without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South (New York: Pantheon Books, 1974), 136-137.</ref>


'''Free African American Population in Antebellum Tennessee'''
'''Free African American Population in Antebellum Tennessee'''  


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| '''Year'''
| '''Year'''  
| '''Number'''
| '''Number'''
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| 1820
| 1820  
| 2,727
| 2,727
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| 1860
| 1860  
| 7,300
| 7,300
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*[http://tn.gov/tsla/history/bibliographies/aa2.htm Guide to African American Genealogy-Related Documents Prior to 1865 in the Collections of the Tennessee State Library and Archives]  
*[http://tn.gov/tsla/history/bibliographies/aa2.htm Guide to African American Genealogy-Related Documents Prior to 1865 in the Collections of the Tennessee State Library and Archives]  
*[http://tn.gov/tsla/history/bibliographies/aa1.htm Selected Bibliography of African American Genealogical Resources in the Tennessee State Library and Archives]
*[http://tn.gov/tsla/history/bibliographies/aa1.htm Selected Bibliography of African American Genealogical Resources in the Tennessee State Library and Archives]
The following research guide, prepared by a Certified Genealogist,&nbsp;includes a useful guide for Tennessee African Americans:
*<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1278698261680_488">Bamman, Gale Williams. "Research in Tennessee," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 81, No. 2 (Jun. 1993): 105. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=39597 FHL&nbsp;US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)].</span>


== Maps  ==
== Maps  ==
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