Arlington House ~ The Home of Robert E Lee Built by George Washington Parke Custis and his slaves between 1802 and 1818, the house and grounds have served many purposes over the last two hundred years: a family home for the Lees and Custises, a plantation estate and home to 63 slaves, a monument honoring George Washington, a military headquarters, a community for emancipated slaves and a national cemetery. This website offers family biographies on the slaveowners and slaves that resided on the plantation.
Birdsville Plantation ~ Birdsville, Jenkins County, Georgia
Francis Jones, Sr., dreamed this dream as he sank an axe into his first Georgia pine. His grandson, Henry Phillips Jones, and his great grandson, William Beeman Jones, were the country squires who lived to see the dream of the sire come true.
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation ~ Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia
This plantation, located on the banks of the Altahama River, was originally owned and operated by Williams Brailsford and his son-in-law, James McGilvray Troup.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens ~ Charleston, South Carolina
Take a virtual tour, and read the history of Magnolia Plantation of Charleston, South Carolina. The plantation was founded in 1676 by the Drayton family.
Retreat Plantation ~ Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia
Founded in 1804 by William Page from South Carolina, Retreat Plantation was one of the major players in the plantation system of coastal Georgia during the 19th century. It was originally known as Orange Grove [owned by Thomas Spalding].
South Carolina Plantations
Searchable database of information about South Carolina plantations, grouped by county, and the people who lived and worked on them.
African Case Proceedings In October 1817 ninety-five African slaves were allegedly taken by privateers from the Portuguese ship "Jesu Nasareno," owned by Miguel de Castro. The Africans, originally bound for Havana, Cuba, were taken to Amelia Island off the coast of East Florida, sold to William Bowen, an agent for a Savannah merchant, and subsequently transported through Georgia to the Creek Indian territory. The ensuing case involved violations of the Non Importation Act of Congress (1807) in which the importation of slaves into the United States was outlawed. Browse documents, online, relating to these proceedings.
Africans in America [1450-1865]
America's journey through slavery is presented, by PBS, in four parts. For each era, you'll find a historical Narrative, a Resource Bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries, and a Teacher's Guide for using the content of the Web site and television series in U.S. history courses.
Cherokee Nation ~ Slave Schedule [1860]
Online images of the slave census records of Flint, Going Snake, Illinois, Kooeeskooee, Saline, Delaware, Cannadian, Sequaha, and Tahlequah, inhabitants of modern-day Oklahoma.
Fieri Facius [Fi Fa]
This site examines one of the lesser known records of slavery, a Fi Fa, which may be the only county documents that name and describe particular slaves, and associates them with a particular slave owner.
Georgia & South Carolina ~ Manigault Plantation Journal
This journal, compiled by Louis Manigault between 1856 and 1879, provides information on the three major Manigault plantations: Silk Hope, at the head of the Cooper River in Berkeley District, S.C., and Gowrie and East Hermitage on Argyle Island in the Savannah River, Ga.
Georgia ~ Glynn County Slave Records
Glynn Co. slave records, extracted from various sources located in the Glynn Co. Court House, including estate records, deeds, indentures, and newspaper articles. Also included are records from McIntosh, Wayne, and Camden Counties.
Georgia ~ Retreat Plantation Slaves List
List of slaves found in the estate accounting of Anna Matilda [Page] King of Retreat Plantation, St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia.
Georgia ~ Talbot County ~ Slaveowners & Slaves
This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the County in 1860, along with an 1870 census that shows freed slaves in the county bearing the same surnames as previous slaveholders.
New Jersey ~ Runaway Slave Notices [1772-1781]
Locally published notices advising of runaway New Jersey slaves and the reward offered for their capture and return.
North Carolina ~ Granville County Enslaved Ancestors
Names, occasionally accompanied by their ages, as transcribed from wills, estate inventories, census records, and tax lists for the period 1746-1864.
North Carolina ~ Stokes County ~ Slaves and Slaveowners
These records are alphabetized by the slave's given name, to whom the slave belonged and to whom he/she was sold or given to. Links to the slaveowners are made if the family is on the website.
Ohio ~ Underground Railroad Foundation
The Underground Railroad Museum is located in Flushing, Ohio. The museum features an extensive collection of publications, books, memorabilia and other articles which portray what is known about slavery and the Underground Railroad in Ohio in the 1800's.
Slave Narratives ~ University of Virginia
From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms. Their narratives remain a peerless resource for understanding the lives of America's four million slaves.
Slave Records ~ Multiple States
Multiple state slave records from research conducted by P.A. Miller.
Slaveholders [1860]
Those who have found a free ancestor in a State and County on the 1860 free census can check this list to learn if their ancestor was one of the larger slaveholders in that County. African American descendants of persons who were enslaved in a particular County in 1860, if they have an idea of the surname of the slaveholder, can check this list for the surname.
Slavery-Related Data ~ Genealogy Trails
Newspaper articles, advertisements posted in newspapers regarding runaway slaves, slavery-era insurance policies registry [with names of insured slaves], and individual slave biographies.
Virginia ~ Geography of Slavery in Virginia, The
The Geography of Slavery in Virginia is a digital collection of advertisements for runaway and captured slaves and servants in 18th- and 19th-century Virginia newspapers, offering a glimpse into slavery in Virginia from colonial times to the Civil War.
Virginia ~ Manumissions [1782 - 1818]
In the table at the bottom of this webpage are notes on manumissions of individuals drawn from the extant deed and will books of Dinwiddie, Prince George, Chesterfield, Charles City, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex Counties.
Virginia ~ Monticello
Explore the house, the grounds, and the people [including slaves] who lived and worked at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia
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