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The USGenWeb African American Griots Project

 

Georgia Resources at The USGenWeb African American Griots Project

Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society

AfriGeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Online at FamilySearch.org - Freedmans Bank Records, to view - scroll down and click on Freedmans Bank Records

Online at FamilySearch.org - Freedmans Bureau Marriages, to view - scroll down and click on Freedmans Bureau Marriages

Online at FamilySearch.org - 1850 Slave Schedule, to view - scroll down and click on 1850 Slave Schedule

Join the GA African American Mailing list by sending an email to [email protected], with subscribe in the body.

Challenge of African American Research, by Curt Witcher

Map of "slave population" based on the 1860 census.  Created by the United States Coast Survey in 1863. 

President Lincoln consulted this map frequently.  For a larger view, go here.

 

An AfriGeneas Library Article by David E. Paterson - Georgia's Slave Population in Legal Records - An Introduction to Courthouse Resources

Tom Blake's slave data includes largest slave holders in 1860, and matching surnames in the 1870 Census for many southeastern counties

Amistead Research Center

African American Resources on Cyndi's List

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