We showcase libraries, societies, and genealogy businesses so researchers will find these great resources and the industry will flourish. Annual Reports. Tuskegee University, 1881-1986, Directory of Alumni. Use the search radius to expand the geocoded search areait may be too tight. Wyche & Otey family papers, 1824-1900 & 1935-1936. Retrospective Glances of Limestone County Negro Education. Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Ernest Haywood papers, 1830-1860. Guidebook to microfilm series. Talladega College 340p. The most difficult parts of African American research are slavery and the decades that followed it. A. Allen, 1963. /Series J, Part 7, Rolls 4-5/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. The index includes the deceased's name, age, birth place, death date and place, burial date and place, race, marital status, gender, residences, parents, and parents' birth places. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, 1969. We see recovery for the sons of both small and large slaveholders, as well as in the counties that specialized in non-plantation crops, wrote the authors of "The Intergenerational Effects Of A Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After The Civil War, a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the nation's leading nonprofit economic research organization. It was completed in 1849 by Armstead Barton, a native of Tennessee. Box 971 Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1996. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. 509p. /Series E, Part 4, Rolls 1-64/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Weve tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a civil war, by passing landmark civil rights legislation. Bibliography. Photographs. 297p. None are identified by name. Phone: (334) 242-4364 /Microfilm Roll 87/, Fuller, Willie J. Illustrations. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. Probate Records of Green Jackson, List of Property, Perry Co., AL (slaves owned by Green Jackson in Perry County, AL) 348p. Index. These can be found in the Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 collection as well on the FamilySearch Catalog on each county page. Julien S. Devereux papers, 17871865. Notes. /GC 976.101 W15na/, National Archives and Records Administration. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. Website: IGHR, Birmingham Public Library: Department of Archives & Manuscripts Guides for Series AM are available at the Family History Library: For example, the booklet for Series F describes records of many plantations in Alabama and other states of the Deep South: Civil War New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1996. The whole conversation is about the American economic system as a whole, and the degree to which the debasement of African-descended people created the structures through which other Americans were able to prosper, he said. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. And he has spoken proudly in the past about his north Alabama roots. Photographs. /Series G. Part 1, Rolls 3642/, Tuskegee Institute News Clippings File. Photographs. . /Series E, Part 3, Rolls 730/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Julien S. Devereux papers, 17871865. Phone: (205) 851-5760 Using Primary Sources in the Classroom: Reconstruction Unit Butler County, Alabama 1860 Slave Schedule Index. Some African Americans in Choctaw County, AL (court records) Index. Appendix. Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen State slavery statutes. /Series B, Rolls 23/, Taylor, Frazine K. Researching African American Genealogy in Alabama: A Resource Guide. Phone:(205) 226-3631 Buchanan & McClellan papers, 1816-1872. Appendices. Later, segregated schools, inexplicable surnames, and a lack of written or signed contracts became obstacles for genealogists who researched African Americans. AL: Limestone County Negro Teachers Association, 194-. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Chambers Co AL- Estate of Dr. John L. Wilkins - includes Will (slaves owned by Dr. John L. Wilkins in Chambers County, AL) George P. Rawick, general editor; Jan Hillegas, Ken Lawrence, editors, African American Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Records, Records of the field offices for the state of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872:M1900, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for Alabama, 1865-1870:M809, Records of the Superintendent of Education for the state of Alabama, 1865-1870:M810, United States, Freedmen's Bureau Claim Records,1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Freedmen's Court Records, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen's Complaints, 1865-1872, United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872, United States Freedmen's Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872, United States Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872, African American Freedmen's Bureau Records, Alabama African American Marriages Project, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 ($). Columbia African American Cemetery (Houston County, AL) /Series J, Part 7, Roll 3/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Built for Samuel Wilson Davidson, a native of North Carolina, in 1837. 38p. It was razed in 1939. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. /Microfilm Rolls 2736/, Slavery in Ante-Bellum Southern Industries. Bibliography. "We are family: Piecing together the past. Index. Website: J.F. Some crucial records to search for are birth certificates, death certificates, census records, and cemetery records and tombstones. Misc. I dont think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago, when none of us currently living are responsible, is a good idea, he said June 18, a day before the House reparations hearing. /Series J, Part 7, Roll 7/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area Microcopy 653. The two great-great-grandfathers, James McConnell and Richard Daley, owned a total of at least 14 slaves in Limestone County, Alabama all but two of them female, according to the county Slave Schedules in the 1850 and 1860 censuses. Index. John Gideon Harris diary, 1859. Built 1840s, contributing property to the. NBC News was able to build a McConnell family tree by locating obituaries of his predecessors, by searching through online genealogical websites like Ancestry.com, and by tracking down his memoir and news articles in which the senator spoke about his relatives and his familys deep roots in northern Alabama. 270p. Property Sold, Estate of James Jackson, Perry, Alabama (slaves owned by James Jackson in Perry County, AL) Benjamin Fitzpatrick papers, 1819-1892. Mansfield, Michael William. Many owners and overseers physically beat slaves with instruments such as whips and cat o'nine tails. E-mail: info@baagginc.org Most antebellum slaves lived in so-called nuclear families (father, mother, and children). Alabama--Bryan & Leventhorpe Family Papers, 17971860. /GC 976.1 AL17 Sec. Built for John Atkins, a native of Virginia, in 1840. /Series J, Part 7, Rolls 12-20/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Vol. Slave families also lacked the institutional and legal rights and protections of white families. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. Index. /GC 976.102 B53fal/, Fallin, Wilson, Jr. For a comprehensive history of slavery in Alabama, see: To learn more about the Reconstruction Era (1868-1877), visit: To learn more about the Jim Crow Era (1859-1964), visit: Several biographical dictionaries, compendia, and histories may contain information you need, for example: The 1866 Alabama State Census lists African Americans. Mitch McConnell on slavery reparations: 'None of us currently living are responsible', "The Intergenerational Effects Of A Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After The Civil War,, supported the narrowing of the Voting Rights Act, a Dec. 28, 2014, interview with The News Courier, to death records and an April 17, 1958 obituary. The Bureau created a wide variety of records extremely valuable to genealogists. Lauderdale County, Alabama: Gray Cemetery Website: Department of Archives & Manuscripts, Birmingham African American Genealogy Group, Inc. Alabama Genealogical Sources Series. There were a lot more runaways, including some gone for years, than many historians have believed, said Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, a pioneering historian who has spent much of her life gathering records about slaves. /GC 929.11 AL113 Sec. Lauderdale County, Alabama: Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. 235p. Alabama African American Records Lauderdale County, Alabama: New Pisgah Cemetery Bibliography. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Lauderdale County, Alabama: Noel Cemetery Lauderdale County, Alabama: Smithsonia Church of Christ Cemetery /Series J, Part 7, Roll 5/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Index. 261p. Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Drake Memorial LRC, Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research Bibliography. 1850 Hancock County Census Slave Schedule Lauderdale County, Alabama African American And in his 2016 memoir, The Long Game, he wrote that he was descended from a long line of hardworking and often colorful McConnells, but did not mention that any of them owned slaves. Freedmans Savings and Trust Company signature cards or registers from 3 March 1865 to 25 July 1874 may list the name of the depositor, date of entry, age, birthplace, residence, complexion, name of employer or occupation, wife or husbands name, death information, childrens names, name of father and mother, brothers and sisters names, remarks, and signature. Slavery in Alabama. Notes. African American Alabama deed free genealogies Names plantation slave slavery. Lauderdale County, Alabama: Rock P.B. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. New York: Routledge, 2005. Photographs. 1866 Alabama State Census: Colored Population, Blount County, AL Photographs. None of them are named in the document. >> U.S. States, 110th Regiment Colored Infantry (Civil War) Samuel Porter McConnell, who lived from 1844 to 1921, and was married to Othella Daley, according to a marriage record on Ancestry.com. S.l. Photographs. Notes. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2013. 1/. Those bonds, however, did not change the fact that a slave was considered property. Negroes in the Confederate Army, 18601907. /GC 940.410 Aa1hog/, Hollins, Frances D., ed. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. From ages 5 to 8, McConnell lived in a rented bungalow in Athens, Alabama, as he has recounted. Index. /GC 976.102 B53an/, Fallin, Wilson, Jr. A Shelter in the Storm: The African American Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1815-1963. These records can be found in the collections below and include the lists of marriages that occurred previously, marriage certificates, and marriage licenses. Alabama freedpeople welcomed emancipation but endured continuing hardships because of the prevailing and pervasive racial prejudices of the state's white inhabitants. /GC 929.2 H873hl, Jakeman, Robert J. Illustrations. In the 1850 census, his great-great-grandfather Richard Daley owned five female slaves ranging in age from 2 to 22. African-American Marriage Records, Wilcox County, Alabama, 1873-1877. Notes. 66p. /Series E, Part 2, Rolls 1921/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. 1866 Alabama State Census: Colored Population, Sumter County, AL 416p. Henry Lee Reynolds papers, 1851-1864. Photographs. Bibliography. One reason that researching slaves is more difficult than researching other groups of people is because slaves did not have surnames, so the only way to identify them was by who the owner was. /GC 976.1 D624dr/, East Alabama Colored Musical Convention. Alabama, ca. Compared to their white counterparts, slave families had more mother-headed households and were less patriarchal, and their typical lack of status and property undermined expressions of male authority. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198.George Washington Polk papers, 1793-1857. The Vaughans were natives of, One of the earliest plantation houses with a monumental, Built between 1828 and 1832 for Dr. Alexander W. Mitchell, a native of Virginia. Copies of death certificates were sometimes attached to the entries. Index. Colbert County, Alabama: African American These records often include full names, former masters and plantations, and current residences. /Microfilm 1-13/, Andrews, Johnnie Jr. NonWhites in Colonial Alabama: A Compendium of Indian, Black, Mulatto and Quadroon Records, 17041813. Identifying the descendants and finding them would be a complicated project, and what I mean by that is that it would take a lot of work, searching for all kinds of records that might include the names of the enslaved people. Burroughs said. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198.Archibald H. Arrington papers, 1754-1865. 3037 Odena Rd S., and 2013 County Rd 45/Old Sylacauga Hwy, Sylacauga. Early Records of Londonderry, Windham, and Derry, N.H. Lauderdale County, Alabama: Coffee Servant's Cemetery Built 1835, 1855, 1935. S.l. Mills. /GC 976.101 M76ro/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Athens, AL: Limestone County Commission, Department of History and Archives, 1993. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. Both positions have been criticized by current civil rights leaders for making it more difficult for minorities to vote. Bibliography. Female slaves also endured sexual abuse committed upon them by white men, including acts of rape and molestation. 152p. Department of Archives and History. The enslaved in the Deep South escaped into the wilderness including swamps, by boat to Cuba or the North, Midwest and Canada, and some headed south to Mexico., Hall is a co-founder of Slave Biographies: The Atlantic Database Network, an online project that describes itself as a database of information on the identities of enslaved people in the Atlantic World.. She and the Rev. Leonard M. Burford papers, 1837-1868. Stories of Scottsboro. The African American Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1815-1963. The collection is organized alphabetically by state, then city where the bank was located, then date the account was established, then account number. Wood papers, 18471862. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2014. Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer' Project, 1936-38, By the antebellum period, Alabama had evolved into a slave society, which is characterized by the proliferation and defense of the institution that shaped much of the state's economy, politics, and culture. 43p. Dallas County, AL Archives Court (Slaves owned by Tom Smith) The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography?Alabama & Indiana Narratives. Greene Co, AL Deeds of Samuel Morrow Documenting Prior Slave Emancipation (slaves owned by Samuel Morrow in Greene County, AL) The Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 ($) collection is an index of Alabama death certificates. 1860 Lawrence County Slave Schedule Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. Montgomery County Freedmens Bureau Labor Contracts /GC 976.102 B53ji/, Kennedy, Scott C. F. Vote, People, Vote! Cotton Was King: Indian Farms to Lauderdale Plantations. Slave Sales, Dorsett, Sherman, Liggin, 1852, Chambers Cty, Ala. Index. New York: Redstone Publishing, 2021. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198.Cocke family papers, 1725-1939. /GC 976.102 B53f/, Jimerson, Randall C,. Henry Alderson papers, 1848-1882. E-mail: jbaggett@bham.lib.al.us /Series J, Part 7, Rolls 9-12/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. IE 11 is not supported. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 2003. /Series J, Part 13, Roll 40/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Photographs. Tuscaloosa, AL: W. Fallin, Jr., 1995. Over 10,000 Alabama freedmen served as Union Soldiers as well as in the Confederate Army. One reason that researching slaves is more difficult than researching other groups of people is because slaves did not have surnames, so the only way to identify them was by who the owner was. 1866 Alabama State Census: Colored Population, Autauga County, AL Appraisement & Inventory of the Estate of W.R. Rand (slaves owned by W.R. Rand in Dallas County, AL) Photographs. Turner Reavis account book, 18421890. 111th Regiment Colored Infantry (Civil War) Asked about the reparations issue, McConnell, R-Ky., said he was opposed to the idea, arguing it would be hard to figure out whom to compensate. Black Marriages, 1876, Dallas County, Alabama. /Series J, Part 7, Roll 8/, Garrow, David J., ed. /GC 976.101 L36wal/, Gray, Emma Kate. Subscribe to this website and receive notification each time a free genealogy resource is newly published. Illustrations. : The Convention, 1890. /Series J, Part 7, Roll 8/, Trotman, John Lonzo. New York: J. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198.Gilliam family papers, 17941865. 106p. Photographs. Cemetery (1989), Lauderdale County, Alabama: Rock P.B. Autauga County, AL Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules & Surname Matches (surname matches for African Americans on 1870 census) Smaller farms and plantations still benefited enormously from the unpaid labor of enslaved people, which likely helped them build multigenerational wealth, said Chuck Collins, senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal think tank in Washington. When Alabama seceded from the Union in 1861, the state's 435,080 slaves made up 45 percent of the total population. /Series J, Part 13, Rolls 28-34/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! Index to Names of Slaveholders - found in Wills and Inventories, Talladega County, Alabama, 1839-1865 Researching African American History at the Alabama Department of Archives and History Photographs. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198.Isaac Jarratt papers, 1832-1979. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. 1850 Hancock County Census Slave Schedule, 1860 United States Slave Census, Perry County, Alabama, 1860 Winston County Census Slave Schedule, 1866 Alabama State Census: Colored Population, Autauga County, AL, 1866 Alabama State Census: Colored Population, Blount County, AL, 1866 Alabama State Census: Colored Population, Dallas County, AL, 1866 Alabama State Census: Colored Population, Fayette County, AL, 1866 Alabama State Census: Colored Population, Sumter County, AL, 1866 Alabama State Census: Colored Population, Wilcox County, AL, 1870 Federal Census Black and Mulatto Households Hale County, AL, 1st Regiment Colored Infantry/ 55th U.S. Booth, Charles Octavius. Morgan County, Alabama 1860 Population Census and Slave Census Transcript Slaves in the Records of the Monroe Session, North Alabama Presbytery 1823-1827, Slaves deeded from George Anderson to son William Anderson Jun 1831, Slaves sold by William Anderson to various Feb 1836, Will [Aug 1840] and Appraisement of Estate of Nicholas Zeigler Mar 1841, Slave owned by J. R. Upshaw in the records of Liberty Baptist Church Sep 1846, Slaves in the Will of Elizabeth Ingram Oct 1851, Notebook kept by Dr. Thomas Fearn of Huntsville, Alabama, from about 1852 to 1863, Slaves in the Will of Samuel Ingram Nov 1839, Slaves in the Will of Thomas Youngblood Apr 1863, Maryville High School Yearbooks, 1919-1977, Maryville College, Tennessee, Yearbooks, 1906-2009, 1892-2008 Quincy High School Yearbooks Golden Rod, 1931-2008 North Quincy High School Yearbooks The Manet, FamilySearch United States Census Records, 1914 Plymouth County, Iowa, Atlas and farm directory.
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