A census is an official enumeration of the population in a particular area. In addition to counting the inhabitants of an area, the census generally collects other vital information, such as names, ages, citizenship status, and ethnic background. Each census can prove to be invaluable in painting a portrait of a family at a particular place and time. We have been provided with Slave Schedules, Free Inhabitants and a few other records of value for the search for our African American Ancestors. You should also check AccessGenealogy Cemeteries for additional listings.
Books Online at African American Genealogy
Narrative of
Lundsford Lane 1/17/06
The
Fugitive Blacksmith
1/17/2006
History of
Liberia 1/17/2006
History of
Slave Narratives
1/12/2006
Instructions and
general information on how the narratives
were to be compiled
Henry Ossian
Flipper, The Colored Cadet at West Point
1/10/2006
Autobiography of the First
Graduate of color from the US Military
Academy
History
of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish
American War 1/6/2006
along with other items on
interest
Great Riots of New York 1712-1873 1/4/06
Clotelle
or The Colored Heroine
1/2/06
A novel, I leave it to the
reader to determine if fact or fiction
A Century of Negro Migration 1/1/2006
Anti-Slavery
Tracts No. 18, The Fugitive Slave Law, and
its Victims 1/1/2006
Listings of many
slaves, their capture and return to slavery