Freedman's bureau
Vital information regrding birth, parents, former enslavers,bank accounts and new names post Civil-War.
free online
databases
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wpa project
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) interviewed and transcribed hundreds upon hundreds of interviews with people who had been enslvaved in the United States from 1935-1943.
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official records
Census, vitals, military. There are links to paid sites but everything else is Free!
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slave ships
Vessel name, owner,capatin, points of disembarkation and embarkation from Africa to the Americas
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black burial grounds
In additon to Black burial grounds, this site includes information on Black churches, funeral homes and newspapers
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UNKNOWN NO LONGER
Names of free and enslaved Africans in Virginia, emancipation certificates, birth records, photographs and much more.