African American Business and Occupations

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African American Genealogy

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Online Records

• 1865 - 1872 United States Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts Indenture and Apprenticeship Records 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — index & images
• Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865–1878. Includes Employment registers, Employment contracts, Court documents etc.- At Ancestry.com ($)
• Pullman Porter National Historic Registry of the African-American Railroad Employees
• Black Craftspeople Digital Archive

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