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African American Records

 

Records on this site:

     
 

Slave Inventories & Slave Bills of Sale :

See Apprenticeships, race not always indicated
  Estate of James Isbell, 1781  
  David Witherspoon to Charles Gordon, 1794 See marked * records in Deeds Index
  Jesse Robinett to Chapman Gordon, 1795  
  David Witherspoon to Charles Gordon, 1795 US Colored Troops-Wilkes County
  Magness Teague to Isaac Elledge, 1795  
  James Downey to Samuel Parks, 1796  
  Keneth McKenzie to Rin Coffey, 1796  
  Ann Greer to Joshua Greer, 1797  
  James M. Lewis to James Sheppard, 1797  
  Thomas Clanton to Thomas Cook, 1797  
  Robert Harris to William B. Lenoir, 1798  
  Robert Harris to William B. Lenoir, 1798  
  John Litten Jones to Richard Owens, 1797  
  William Fletcher to Archibald Tomlinson, 1812  
  Archibald Tomlinson to William Gilreath, 1812  
  William Hulme to Alford M. Burton, 1812  
  Estate of Jesse Hays, 1812  
  Solomon Patrick to Alexander Brown, 1812  
  Joseph Younger to M. Thurmond, 1813  
  Joseph Younger to Peter Dowell, 1813  
  Thomas Prather to Chang & Eng Bunker, 1846  
  Eng to Chang Bunker, 1855  
     
     
       
 

On NCGenWeb sites

   
  Plantations of North Carolina - a growing list of Plantations and Slavery records
  U.S. Colored Troops Formed in North Carolina
  North Carolina Freedmen Transported to Other States
  North Carolina Slave Deed Index - collections compiled by county containing slave names
  NCGenWeb Statewide African American site - contains many resources for researchers
   
   
 

Other Websites

   
  Digital Library on American Slavery
  >>>Search their Race & Slavery Petitions
  NC Slavery & Bondage Collection - FamilySearch's microfilm images
  Southern States Slavery & Bondage Collection - FamilySearch
  Duke University's Behind the Veil - audio collection of interviews of historical African American life
  Free African Americans - Paul Heinegg's award winning research starting from colonial times
  Slaves in the Will of William Cargile-1842
  Petitions for NC Slaves & Free People of Color
  Early Black Firefighters of North Carolina
  NC Museum of History -timeline on African & Native Americans
  12 Years a Slave; Story of Solomon Northrup
   
   
  Need to learn how to research? Visit our:
  Basic Steps for Starting Genealogy Research
  Basic Guide to Start Researching Enslaved People
   
   

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