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{{AfrAm-sidebar}}<div style="float: left; width: 75%;"><center>''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[African_American_Research|African American Research]]''</center><br> | {{AfrAm-sidebar}}<div style="float: left; width: 75%;"><center>''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[African_American_Research|African American Research]]''</center><br> | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:TN Valley Authority African American worker.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Worker at a T.V.A. phosphate furnace, 1942.]] | ||
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See:[[Quick Guide to African American Records|Quick Guide to African American Records]] | See:[[Quick Guide to African American Records|Quick Guide to African American Records]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Largest ancestry map.png|thumb|left|250px|Counties with African Americans as the largest population are in dark purple. Click map to enlarge it.]] | ||
=== Did you know? | === Did you know? === | ||
*The first African settlers in the U.S. were indentured servants in Jamestown, Va., in 1619 (before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock) and freed after 7 years. | *The first African settlers in the U.S. were indentured servants in Jamestown, Va., in 1619 (before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock) and freed after 7 years. | ||
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