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*Stampp, Kenneth M., ed.''A Guide to Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War: Series A–M,'' ''Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library.'' Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1986. ( Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/index/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=call_number&searchCriteria=975+H2sm&author_givenName=&author_surname= book 975 H2sm.]) The Family History Library has microfilms of most of the records described in the guide. Alabama plantation records are scattered throughout. | *Stampp, Kenneth M., ed.''A Guide to Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War: Series A–M,'' ''Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library.'' Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1986. ( Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/search/index/library_catalog#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=call_number&searchCriteria=975+H2sm&author_givenName=&author_surname= book 975 H2sm.]) The Family History Library has microfilms of most of the records described in the guide. Alabama plantation records are scattered throughout. | ||
<br>For example, the booklet for Series F describes records of many plantations in Alabama and other states of the Deep South. The records were microfilmed at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina. They are: | <br>For example, the booklet for Series F describes records of many plantations in Alabama and other states of the Deep South. The records were microfilmed at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina. They are: | ||
*''Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War: Series F, Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library.'' Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1986–1987. (On 84 Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F564185&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D films beginning with 1549774].) | *''Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War: Series F, Selections from the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library.'' Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1986–1987. (On 84 Family History Library [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F564185&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D films beginning with 1549774].) | ||
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For a history of slavery in Alabama, see:<br>Sellers, James Benson. Slavery in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1950, 1994. (Family History Librarybook [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F706908&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D 976.1 F2s].) This 426 page book includes a bibliography, on pages 399–409. | For a history of slavery in Alabama, see:<br>Sellers, James Benson. Slavery in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1950, 1994. (Family History Librarybook [https://www.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.familysearch.org%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F706908&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D 976.1 F2s].) This 426 page book includes a bibliography, on pages 399–409. | ||
<br>Records of African-Americans may be listed as "colored" in birth, marriage and death records. See [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Alabama_Birth,_Marriage,_and_Death_Records Alabama Birth, Marriage, and Death Records] for those records | <br>Records of African-Americans may be listed as "colored" in birth, marriage and death records. See [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Alabama_Birth,_Marriage,_and_Death_Records Alabama Birth, Marriage, and Death Records] for those records | ||
=== Civil War Records === | === Civil War Records === | ||