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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[African American Research|African American Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[African American Research|African American Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[African_American_Church_Records|Church Records]]'' | ||
Church records can be compared to slave census schedules to find and double check for names and families. [[United States Census|Federal Census Records]] before 1850 list the heads of free black households by name, but only numbered the slaves. The 1850 Census was the first census to name all persons in free households. Some church records will show membership of slaves before the Civil War. Such records can give vital clues to the identity of slaves, who were not named on census records. | Church records can be compared to slave census schedules to find and double check for names and families. [[United States Census|Federal Census Records]] before 1850 list the heads of free black households by name, but only numbered the slaves. The 1850 Census was the first census to name all persons in free households. Some church records will show membership of slaves before the Civil War. Such records can give vital clues to the identity of slaves, who were not named on census records. | ||
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Thousands of freed blacks, with the aid of interested whites, returned to Africa with the aid of the American Colonization Society and colonized what eventually became Liberia. While some African Americans chose this option, the vast majority felt themselves to be Americans and focused their efforts on achieving equality within the United States. | Thousands of freed blacks, with the aid of interested whites, returned to Africa with the aid of the American Colonization Society and colonized what eventually became Liberia. While some African Americans chose this option, the vast majority felt themselves to be Americans and focused their efforts on achieving equality within the United States. | ||
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Bacote, Samuel William. ''Who's Who Among the Colored Baptists of the United States''. {{FHL|825351|item|disp=FHL book 973 F2swb}} [http://www.worldcat.org/title/whos-who-among-the-colored-baptists-of-the-united-states/oclc/5492110 WorldCat] | |||
=== External Links === | === External Links === | ||
*Documenting the American South: [http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/index.html The Church in the Southern Black Community]: Contains autobiographies, biographies, church documents, sermons, histories, encyclopedias, and other published materials. | *Documenting the American South: [http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/index.html The Church in the Southern Black Community]: Contains autobiographies, biographies, church documents, sermons, histories, encyclopedias, and other published materials. | ||
*[http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=1467065&sp=71810 http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=1467065&sp=71810] | *[http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=1467065&sp=71810 http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=1467065&sp=71810] | ||
*For resources available for churches in Virginia go to http://www.lva.lib.va.us/WHATWEHAVE/bio/African_American_Churches.pdf | *For resources available for churches in Virginia go to http://www.lva.lib.va.us/WHATWEHAVE/bio/African_American_Churches.pdf | ||