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==Online Resources==
==Online Resources==


*'''1785-2000''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/2756/gu272-descendants-1785-2000 GU272 Descendants, 1785-2000] at American Ancestors — index & images ($)
*'''1785-2000''' GU272 Descendants, 1785-2000. Database at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/2756/gu272-descendants-1785-2000 American Ancestors.]  — index & images ($).  This database includes the individuals who are descendants of the 272 people who were enslaved by the Society of Jesus and Georgetown University in 1838. The association was formed in 2016 to support and unite the descendants of these enslaved people.


==Biographies==
==Biographies==
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:*Library of Congress' free site that indexes 2,300 narratives in ''[https://www.loc.gov/collections/?q=slave+narratives+from+the+federal+writers%27+project,+1936-1938 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project]''
:*Library of Congress' free site that indexes 2,300 narratives in ''[https://www.loc.gov/collections/?q=slave+narratives+from+the+federal+writers%27+project,+1936-1938 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project]''
:*Born in slavery slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.  {{WorldCat|47265597|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}  
:*Born in slavery slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.  {{WorldCat|47265597|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}  
:*''A Comprehensive Name Index for the American Slave,'' by Howard E. Potts. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. {{FSC|731705|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 F22p}}. {{WorldCat|36284310|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}
:*''A Comprehensive Name Index for the American Slave,'' by Howard E. Potts. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. {{FSC|731705|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 F22p}}; {{WorldCat|36284310|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}
:*University of North Carolina's free site ''[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/ North American Slave Narratives]''
:*University of North Carolina's free site ''[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/ North American Slave Narratives]''


=== External Links  ===
=== External Links  ===


*The [http://www.thehistorymakers.com/ History Makers], Chicago, has short biographical sketches of African American leaders.  
*The [http://www.thehistorymakers.com/ History Makers], Chicago, has short biographical sketches of African American leaders. It created 3500 interviews, now stored at the Library of Congress.
*Biographies of Famous African Americans at [http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmbios1.html InfoPlease]  
*Biographies of Famous African Americans at [http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmbios1.html InfoPlease]  
*Biographies of Great African-Americans at [https://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/bios/ EnchantedLearning]
*Biographies of Great African-Americans at [https://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/bios/ EnchantedLearning]
*''10 of the Most Important Black Women in U.S. History,''by Jone Johnson Lewis, 12 December 2020, at [http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/a/black_women.htm ThoughtCo]
*''10 of the Most Important Black Women in U.S. History,'' by Jone Johnson Lewis, 12 December 2020, at [http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/a/black_women.htm ThoughtCo]


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