| State |
County |
Title (FamilySearch Catalog) |
Notes
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| Alabama |
Chambers |
Freemen of Color and Index, 1836-1885 |
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Chambers |
Slave and Indian records, 1832-1888 |
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Lawrence |
Tax Assessment Book Index, 1848-1849 |
Tax Assessment book index. Includes names and ages of slaves.
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Lawrence |
Tax Assessment Book, 1848-1849 |
Includes names and ages of slaves.
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Mobile |
Record Book of Run-Away Slaves, 1857-1865; Index, 1857-1865 |
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Perry |
Register of Slaves Brought to Perry County, Alabama, 1820-1832 |
Includes county court appearance dockets for 1820-1827. Register of slaves is for the year 1832.
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Tallapossa |
Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Slave records, 1847-1860 |
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| Georgia |
Camden |
Affidavits made by owners bringing slaves into the state, 1818-1847 |
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Decatur |
Census of Slave Owners and Slaves, Mortality Records, and Agricultural Census, 1850, 1860 |
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Elbert |
Various Records, 1822-1874 |
Evidence records of criminal cases 1873-1874; Trial of slaves 1837-1849; Support of families 1861; and, Affidavits for bringing slaves into the state 1822-1847.
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Jackson |
Oaths Introducing Slaves Into the State and County, 1818-183 |
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Monroe |
Apprenticeship Indentures and Bonds, 1869-1890 |
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Morgan |
Slave Register, 1818-1824 |
Record of indentures of apprenticeship, 1866-1877.
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Pulaski |
Importation of Slaves 1818-1865 and Illegitimate Records 1841-1875 |
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Richmond |
Slave importation register, 1818-1837 |
Slave Register, 1818-1820
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Richmond |
Slave importation register, 1818-1837 |
Slave Register, 1820-1821
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Richmond |
Slave importation register, 1818-1837 |
Slave Register, 1822-1830 Slave Register, 1835-1837 (1831-1834 missing)
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Thomas |
Free persons of color and indentures 1858-1895, Thomas County, Georgia |
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| Kentucky |
Boyle |
Bill of Sale for Slaves of Zacariah Garnett of Boyle County, Kentucky, 1849 |
Bill of sale for Ben, Patsy, and a child Robert.
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Caldwell |
Registry of Slaves Imported, 1853-1860 |
Includes index of those doing the importing. Importing is from outside the state of Kentucky.
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Green |
List of Slaves Held by Owners, 1845-1852 |
Includes index to owner.
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Hickman |
Indentures of Apprenticeship for Freedmen, 1866-1915 |
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Lyon |
List of Slaves Imported Into the State, 1856-1859; Fee Book 1870-1871 |
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Marshall |
List of Slaves Imported Into Kentucky, 1856-1859 |
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Trigg |
Lists of Slaves Imported Into the State of Kentucky, 1856-1861 |
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Trigg |
Records Pertaining to Slavery, 1840-1855 |
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| Louisiana |
Assumption |
Record book of slaves, 1813-1844 |
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Orleans |
Emancipation of Negro Slaves, February 17, 1827-October 4, 1834 |
Some text in French.
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Orleans ( New Orleans) |
Assessment of Property and Census of Slaves and Their Owners, 1837 |
Text primarily in French.
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Orleans ( New Orleans) |
Slaves Arrived in New Orleans, 1831 |
Text in French and English.
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| Maryland |
St. Mary's |
Maryland, St. Mary's County, certificates of freedom, 1806-1852 |
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| Mississippi |
Adams |
Record Book, 1858-1861,1865-1870 |
Includes Slave Certificates, Justice Court Minutes, and Board of Police Minutes.
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Adams |
Account Books, 1854 |
Includes property valuations, daily records, annual records of slaves, births and deaths of slaves, medical records of slaves.
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Lowndes |
Slave register and owners ledger (Lowndes County, Mississippi), 1837-1846] |
Item 5 contains slave register, 1837-1842
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Lowndes |
Slave register and owners ledger (Lowndes County, Mississippi), 1837-1846 |
Item 4 contains slave register, 1837-1845
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Lowndes |
Slave register and owners ledger (Lowndes County, Mississippi), 1837-1846 |
Item 6 contains slave register, 1845-1846
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| Missouri |
Ste. Genevieve |
Documents pertaining to free negroes, 1836-1859 |
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| South Carolina |
Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1799-1803
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1803-1808
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1808-1813
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1813-1816
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1816-1820
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1820-1825
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1825-1829
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1829-1839
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1839-1843
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1832-1836
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1843-1849
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1849-1857
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Charleston |
Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1799-1872, Charleston District, South Carolina |
Records for 1857-1872
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| Tennessee |
Franklin |
Various Records Listing Names of Slaves, 1830-1871 |
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| Virginia |
Alleghany |
A Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes in Alleghany County, 1855?-1859 |
Gives age, name, colour, number, stature (feet and inches), marks and scars, and in what court emancipated.
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Arlington |
Free negro and slave records |
Gives age, name, colour, number, stature (feet and inches), marks and scars, and in what court emancipated.
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Arlington |
Free Negro Registers, 1797 - 1861 |
Information varies but usually gives name of free negro with a physical description and how freed.
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Bedford |
Slave Records, 1853-1866 |
Arranged in alphabetical order by the owner's name. Gives owner's name, slave's name if known or sex if name not known, mother's name if known, date, and code number.
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Campbell |
Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes, 1801-1850 |
Gives date when registered, name, age, stature, "complection", where emancipated, and by whom emancipated.
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Chesapeake (Independent City) |
Registers of free Negroes and mulattos in the county of Norfolk, 1809-1861 |
Register of Free Negroes 1809-1852
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Chesapeake (Independent City) |
Registers of free Negroes and mulattos in the county of Norfolk, 1809-1861 |
Registers of Free Negroes 1851-1861
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Essex |
Registers of free negroes, 1810-1861 |
Item 6 has registration of free Negroes 1810-1843.
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Essex |
Registers of free negroes, 1810-1861 |
Item 1 has registration of free Negroes 1843-1861. Gives name, age, physical description, and whether born free or emancipated.
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Fluvanna |
Register of Free Persons of "Colour", 1851-1864 |
Also known as "Register of slaves freed".
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Greensville |
Processioners' Returns, 1796-1832, 1848-1857; Register of Free Persons of "Colour", 1803-1832 |
The register of free persons of "colour" gives name, age, physical description, and whether born free or emancipated.
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King George |
Register of Free Persons [of color, 1794-1822, 1827] |
Contains copies of certificates nos. 1-67. Gives the name of the free person, age and sometimes birthdate, height and other identifying features, whether free born or emancipated, when recorded, and other information.
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Middlesex |
Registers of free negroes and mulattoes for the county of Middlesex, 1800-1862 |
Register, 1800-1862, gives name, whether born free or emancipated (sometimes gives name of emancipator, age, height, complexion, date emancipated or registered (not always given), and sometimes other distinguishing marks. Register, 1827-1862, gives name, date of certificate, by whom emancipated or if born free, certificate number, age, height, complexion, marks or scars.
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Nelson |
Register of Free Negroes, List of Slaves, 1853-1865 |
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Northampton |
Register of Free Negroes, 1840-1847 or 1853-1861 |
Free Negroes were registered with the county clerk. The dates given may be the registration dates. However, birth dates appeared for 1795-1860.
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Northumberland |
Free Negroes and Slave Records : Births of Blacks, 1841-1857 |
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Northumberland |
Free Negroes and Slave Records : List of Free Negroes in Northumberland County |
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Northumberland |
Free Negroes and slave records : list of the names, ages and sex of the free Negroes in Northumberland County |
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Northumberland |
Free Negroes and slave records : registers of free Negroes, 1803-1851 |
Gives number, name, sex, age, height, marks or scars, whether born free or emancipated and by whom, date registered, and when certified by the court.
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Petersburg (Independent City) |
Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes, 1794-1850 |
Information varies but usually gives name of the free negro with a physical description and how freed.
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Petersburg (Independent City) |
Register of free Negroes, 1834-1863 |
Free Negroes were registered with the county clerk. The dates given were the registration dates.
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Rappahannock |
Register of Free Negroes, 1834-1863 |
Free Negroes were registered with the county clerk. The dates given were the registration dates.
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Surry |
Criminal Proceedings Against Free Persons, Slaves, etc., 1742-1822 |
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Surry |
Registers of free Negroes, 1794-1862 |
Gives certificate or entry number, name of free Negro, physical description, residence, date of registration, and sometimes a parent's name.
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Surry |
Registers of free Negroes, 1794-1862 |
Gives certificate or entry number, name of free Negro, physical description, residence, date of registration, and sometimes a parent's name.
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Surry |
Registers of free Negroes, 1794-1862 |
Gives certificate or entry number, name of free Negro, physical description, residence, date of registration, and sometimes a parent's name.
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York |
Register of Free Negroes, 1831-1850? |
The register gives name, physical description, date and where registered as free. There are entries beyond the last one in 1850 but they do not give physical descriptions or any other information except the name.
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| West Virginia |
Brooke |
Register of Negroes |
The register consists of free Negroes and transfers by sale or gift.
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Jackson |
Register of Free Negroes, 1838-1860; and Praecipe Book, 1873-1877 |
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Pendleton |
Registry of Free Negroes and Mullatos, 1839-1859 |
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Putnam |
Negro Register, 1845-1860 |
Record of the status of Black people as found in the back of a summons volume.
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