Slave Documents - Family, Legal & Historical

A Discussion Forum for all Genealogists to post Family, Legal and Historical related slave material.

This includes information to online and/or offline resources pertaining to period data - Wills, Estate Inventories, Journal and Bible Records, Deeds, Bills of Sale, Indentures, Records of Manumission, etc.

As descendants of emancipated African-Americans, these materials are the key to uncovering our family lineage.

Thank you for your support.

Luckie Daniels

Tags: african-american, data, research, slave, slavery

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Permalink Reply by Luckie Daniels on July 12, 2009 at 7:17pm

COUNTRY: UK
DOCUMENT TYPE: Digital

Parliament and the British Slave Trade - http://slavetrade.parliament.uk/slavetrade/index.html

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Permalink Reply by Michael Hait on July 12, 2009 at 7:25pm

STATE: Maryland
DOCUMENT TYPE: Digital collection of documents and document transcriptions

Maryland Slavery Commission: http://aomol.net/html/commission.html

Includes:
Volume 365 - Searching for Ancestors Who Were Slaves
Volume 366 - History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 2
Volume 369 - Agnes Kane Callum, Slave Statistics of St. Mary's County Maryland, 1864, Commissioner George B. Dent (1993)
Volume 670 - Mdslavery.net - The Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland (external link)
Volume 762 - Prince George's County, Certificates of Freedom, 1806-1829
Volume 763 - Prince George's County, Freedom Affidavits, 1810-1850 and 1852-1862
Volume 764 - Prince George's County, Certificates of Freedom, Original, 1831-1863
Volume 774 - Dorchester County Court, Chattel Records, 1842-1847
Volume 776 - Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 789 - mdslaverycomm.net, The Commission to Coordinate the Study, Commemoration, and Impact of Slavery's History and Legacy in Maryland (external link)
Volume 805 - Dorchester County Court, Chattel Records, 1847-1852
Volume 812 - Montgomery County Slave Statistics, 1867-1868
Volume 813 - Howard County Certificates of Freedom, 1840-1863
Volume 814 - Howard County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1854-1860
Volume 816 - Anne Arundel County Court, Chattel Records, 1829-1838

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Permalink Reply by Luckie Daniels on July 12, 2009 at 7:25pm

STATE: Georgia
DOCUMENT TYPE: Digital Abstract

State of Georgia Manumission Statue - http://www.kingtisdell.org/anti.htm

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Permalink Reply by Luckie Daniels on July 12, 2009 at 7:28pm

STATE: Non-Applicable
DOCUMENT TYPE: Digital

Schomberg Center for Research In Black Culture {NYPL}: The Abolition of the Slave Trade - http://abolition.nypl.org/

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Permalink Reply by Luckie Daniels on July 12, 2009 at 7:34pm

STATE: US - Slave-holding
DOCUMENT TYPE: Digital

USF Africana Heritage Project - http://www.africanaheritage.com/

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Permalink Reply by Luckie Daniels on July 12, 2009 at 9:08pm

STATE: Americus, Georgia
DOCUMENT TYPE: PDF - Letter

Overseer Stancil BARWICK and Slave Resistance - http://ouralabamaroots.com/StancilBarwick_Letter.pdf

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Permalink Reply by Craig Manson on July 12, 2009 at 10:27pm

ILLINOIS EMANCIPATION & SERVITUDE RECORDS (1722-1863)

From the site: This database includes approximately 3,400 names found in governmental records involving the servitude and emancipation of Africans and, occasionally, Indians in the French and English eras of colonial Illinois (1722–1790) and African-Americans in the American period of Illinois (1790–1863). The Archives extracted the names of servants, slaves, or free persons and masters, witnesses, or related parties from selected governmental records to produce this database. After searching the database, researchers can see an abstract of the record by clicking the record number of the appropriate entry.

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Permalink Reply by Toni Carrier on July 15, 2009 at 12:43am

Enslaved Families at Chicora Wood, Nightingale Hall and Other Plantations of Robert F.W. Allston (1801-1864), Georgetown, SC, 1864

Hi Everyone,

Below are records for the estate of Robert F.W. Allston of Georgetown, SC, made in 1864:

Allston, Robert F.W. Enslaved People in the Estate Inventory of Rob...

Allston, Robert F.W. Enslaved People in the Estate Inventory of Rob...

Allston, Robert F.W. Enslaved People in the Estate Inventory of Rob...

Allston, Robert F.W. Enslaved People in the Estate Inventory of Rob...

Allston, Robert F.W. Enslaved People in the Estate Inventory of Rob...

Allston, Robert F.W. Enslaved People in the Estate Inventory of Rob...

These are also posted in the Lowcountry Africana group here on GenealogyWise - we invite you to visit and join if your research includes SC, GA or FL.

Best,
Toni

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Permalink Reply by Luckie Daniels on July 17, 2009 at 1:54am

STATE: Georgia
COUNTY: Camden
TYPE: Deed Book, 1786-1881
Camden County, Georgia

Camden County Deed Book {1786-1881} - http://www.werelate.org/dlib/handle/1444

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Permalink Reply by Luckie Daniels on July 19, 2009 at 8:23am

STATE: Virginia
DOCUMENT TYPE: Virginia Slave Births Index, 1853-1865

Virginia Slave Births Index, 1853-1865 - http://books.google.com/books?id=t4U5Z4Pdv-EC&printsec=frontcov...

{thanks Michael Hai!:-}

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Permalink Reply by Luckie Daniels on July 19, 2009 at 8:27am

STATE: Illinois
DOCUMENT TYPE: Database - Illinois Emancipation and Servitude Records

Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records (1722–1863) - http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/servant.html

{thanks Michael Hait!:-}

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Permalink Reply by Luckie Daniels on July 20, 2009 at 7:37am

STATE: South Carolina
PARRISH: Edisto Island
DOCUMENT TYPE: Freedmen's Land Certificates Issued from Edisto Island, South Carolina by Mr. Alden, Agt. of Bureau

Four {4} pages of Freedmen's Land Certificates granted to emancipated slaves in EDISTO & neighboring SC Islands - http://freedmensbureau.com/georgia/landtitles/landregister2a.htm