/GC 976.1 M992bl/, Nall, Jasper Rastus. Henry Watson, Jr., papers, 17441870. 48p. slave oakwood cemetery huntsville dred scott catalyst civil war al lived suing freedom once markers acknowledges ties historical Tallahassee, FL: J. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said recently he opposes paying government reparations to the descendants of American slaves, has a family history deeply entwined in the issue: Two of his great-great-grandfathers were slave owners, U.S. census records show. /Series J, Part 7, Rolls 6-7/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. An Historical Account of the Educational Development of Negro Schools in Geneva County, Alabama from 1931 to 1951. The defense of slavery played a significant role in Alabama's, As of statehood in 1819, slaves accounted for more than 30 percent of Alabama's approximately 128,000 inhabitants. 128p. /Series J, Part 7, Roll 8/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. /GC 976.101 W15na/, National Archives and Records Administration. Some plantation records mention slaves. Built for Samuel Wilson Davidson, a native of North Carolina, in 1837. The Last Buffalo: Walter Potts and the 92nd Buffalo Division in World War I. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 2000. A record was made of men of African descent who served in the Confederate Army: World War II Over 10,000 Alabama freedmen served as Union Soldiers as well as in the Confederate Army. Probate Records of Green Jackson, List of Property, Perry Co., AL (slaves owned by Green Jackson in Perry County, AL) (The senator's first name, like his father's, is Addison.). /GC 976.1 L46/, Miller, Randall M., ed. Phone: 205-726-2748 215p. Prichard Memorial Gardens: Mobile County, Alabama (Cemetery) Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1999. By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. /GC 975 G941a/, Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks: Series I, Petitions to Southern Legislatures, 1777-1867. Washington, DC: The National Archives, 1964. My grandfather, Robert Hayes McConnell, went into business with his brother, Add, and bought what became McConnell funeral home, which still carries the name, the senator told The News Courier. Later, segregated schools, inexplicable surnames, and a lack of written or signed contracts became obstacles for genealogists who researched African Americans. Records of African Americans may be listed as "colored" in birth, marriage and death records. The Tuskegee Airmen. Dallas County, AL Archives Court (Slaves owned by Tom Smith) Selma, Alabama 36702 None of them are named in the document. 38p. Notes. The largest numbers of slaves were held in bondage in counties located in either the Tennessee River Valley or the, Alabama gained statehood during a period when. Montgomery, AL: NewSouth Books, 2008. Bibliography. /GC 976.102 T87g/. Historians say that contemporary Americans can learn from slave owner genealogies how many families directly or indirectly benefited from the labor of generations of slaves. Notes. 492p. Ernest Haywood papers, 1830-1860. /Series C, Part 2, Roll 1/, Pruitt, Samory. Everyday Faces of Alabama Black History These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Monthly Reports. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. The outcome of the American Civil War ended slavery in Alabama. Series II, Petitions to Southern County Courts, 1775-1867: Part A, Georgia (1796-1867), Florida (1821-1867), Alabama (1821-1867), Mississippi (1822-1867). Index. /Series E, Part 3, Rolls 730/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 1992. /GC 976.101 M23jo/, Leaders of the Colored Race in Alabama. More collections are available in the FamilySearch Catalog. The Stone Street Baptist Church?Alabamas First, 1806-1982. Index. African American Marriages (Lamar County, AL) Using Primary Sources in the Classroom: Reconstruction Unit OF THE CIVIL WAR IN VIRGINIA, Anne Trice Thompson Akers, Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1981, The Canebrake Herald (Uniontown, Alabama)26 Mar 1903, Page 8, Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others: Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years After, Essie Collins Matthews, Champlin Press, 1915, Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State", "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database", "The Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage", "Farms Recognized as Alabama Century and/or Heritage Farms", "10 endangered Alabama plantation homes, plus 15 mansions lost to history", "Desha Smith (18421889) Find A Grave Memorial", "Perry County, Alabama Communities & Places", Plantation complexes in the Southern United States, Slave health on plantations in the United States, Treatment of the enslaved in the United States, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_plantations_in_Alabama&oldid=1089011283, Articles with dead external links from March 2020, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Contributing property to a National Register of Historic Places historic district, Alabama Century and/or Heritage Farm (Alabama Department of Agriculture), Built from 184446 for Amos Travis, a native of Georgia. If you have a genealogy-related site youd like people to find, please contact [emailprotected] and well list your business in our directory. 235p. Female slaves also endured sexual abuse committed upon them by white men, including acts of rape and molestation. Mills. These films do not appear to contain the names of former slaves. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 1984. The Library of Congress has an online exhibit called the African-American Mosaic which has photographs and slave narratives of former slaves in Alabama. /GC 976.102 M71do/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Lauderdale County, Alabama: Peters (Black) Cemetery (2005) Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. /Series J, Part 7, Roll 6/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War.

Buchanan & McClellan papers, 1816-1872. Neither Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags: Black Officeholders During the Reconstruction of Alabama, 1867-1878. In each city depositors are listed by account number. /GC 976.1 W492/, Wright, A. J. Most antebellum slaves lived in so-called nuclear families (father, mother, and children). 1/. /Microfilm Rolls 7-14/, Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks. [1][2][3][4][5], A 2014 article listed numerous plantation houses that were endangered or had already been lost. [1]. 270p. College Park, MD: M. J. Schwartz, 1994. William M. Byrd papers, 1832-1914. 1818-1865 (22 fiche) FHL 6118902, Alabama, WPA life histories, stories, ex-slave tales, and short stories. The minister was the son of James McConnell, the slave owner, according to Alabama death records. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198.Ruffin & Meade papers, 1796-1906. The Family History Library has many plantation records on microfilm. Lauderdale County, Alabama: Coffee Cemetery Birmingham: Alabama Pub. The Genealogy Center >> 7th Regiment Colored Infantry/ 11th Regiment (Civil War) The details about McConnells ancestors, discovered by NBC News through a search of ancestry and census records, came in the wake of recent hearings on reparations before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America. /Series J, Part 13, Rolls 28-34/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. A. Allen, 1963. /GC 976.1 B777ne/, Curtin, Mary Ellen. 297p. Notes. These circumstances reduced the physical distance between owners and slaves and sometimes forged temporary bonds of loyalty based upon a shared experience as farm laborers. /Series J, Part 4, Rolls 25-36/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Alabama Slave Owners Notes. One reason that researching slaves is more difficult than researching other groups of people is because slaves did not have surnames, so the only way to identify them was by who the owner was. Bibliography. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017. Civil Rights in Birmingham. Two of those females, ages 30 and 11, were classified as mulatto, according to the records. Bibliography. The Freedom Riders, Then and Now Lauderdale County, Alabama: Rock P.B. Photographs.

Illustrations. Built from 184550, known for its extremely elaborate interior plasterwork. However, like most Republicans, he supported the narrowing of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court in 2013, and has also been an advocate for strong voter ID laws. 1st Regiment Colored Infantry/ 55th U.S. /Series J, Part 8, Rolls 13-14/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. /GC 976.102 T87h/, Hughes, Louis. Cemetery (1989) In the 1850 census, his great-great-grandfather Richard Daley owned five female slaves ranging in age from 2 to 22. New York: Routledge, 2005. The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography?Alabama Narratives. Index. Box 489 Lauderdale County, Alabama: Coffee Servant's Cemetery Will of Jethro Barnes, Fayette & Greene, Alabama (slaves owned by Jethro Barnes in Fayette & Greene County, AL) Alabama freedpeople welcomed emancipation but endured continuing hardships because of the prevailing and pervasive racial prejudices of the state's white inhabitants. Black Belt African American Genealogical & Historical Society Freeborn Slave: Diary of a Black Man in the South. Henry Lee Reynolds papers, 1851-1864. Colbert County, Alabama: King Cemetery, 2005 Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198.Bullock & Hamilton papers, 1757-1971. /Series J, Part 12, Rolls 15-16/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Freedmen and Colored Marriage Records, 1865-1890, Sumter County, Alabama. Macon County, AL, Appraisement & Inventory of Slaves in Wills, Probates and Other Documents McConnell was talking about the Rev. Index. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. Henry Alderson papers, 1848-1882. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. When Alabama seceded from the Union in 1861, the state's 435,080 slaves made up 45 percent of the total population. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198.Francis Gildart Ruffin papers, 1802-1860. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198.Tayloe family papers, 1708-1861. /GC 976.101 M23pr/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. P.O. 426p. New York: The Free Press, 1993. Cotton Was King: Indian Farms to Lauderdale Plantations. Black Barons of Birmingham: The Souths Greatest Negro League Team and Its Players. Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Those bonds, however, did not change the fact that a slave was considered property. Subscribe to this website and receive notification each time a free genealogy resource is newly published. Minutes, Central Committee, 1963. McConnell is now closely identified with Kentucky as its best-known politician, but he was born Feb. 20, 1942, in Sheffield, Alabama. They are identified in the records only by their ages, which were 1, 3, 4 and 25, and by their race mulatto.. Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1996. 1866 Alabama State Census: Colored Population, Fayette County, AL The plantation was in the community of Elyton prior to the. To find additional Freedmen's Bureau records: Other FamilySearch collections not included: Visit the African American Freedmen's Bureau Records page to learn more about utilizing these records. https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1120/p16s01-lign.html, http://americanprofile.com/articles/tuskegee-airmen/, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, New England Historic Genealogical Society, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=African_American_Resources_for_Alabama&oldid=4689017, Alabama. Slaves were most often beaten for working too slowly, stealing, running away, and disobeying owners or overseers. Southern Spaces: The Black Belt Tuskegee University, 1881-1986, Directory of Alumni. Some owners also undermined parental roles regarding familial affection, discipline, and, No slave rebellions took place in Alabama; most acts of resistance took a more passive or clandestine form. Even if they had not run away, tracking down the descendants of slaves who worked the smaller holdings can be hard because record-keeping in rural places like northern Alabama was hit-or-miss, Tony Burrough, a Chicago-based African American genealogist, said. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. /Series J, Part 7, Roll 5/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002. Before the abolition of slavery in 1865, almost 250,000 of the 4 million slaves in the southern states were freemen. Early books sometimes contained the name of the former master or mistress and the name of the plantation. Built 1835, rare intact plantation complex. I suspect with the mobility of the American population in the 20th and 21st centuries, most of us have ancestors that owned slaves, including many individuals who did not arrive until well after the Civil War, Cain said. Washington Allen papers, 1832-1865. Welcome to Alabama African American Marriages /GC 976.101 Su6h/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Index. Index to Names of Slaveholders - found in Wills and Inventories, Talladega County, Alabama, 1839-1865 This page was last edited on 17 March 2022, at 12:13. Photographs. Compared to their white counterparts, slave families had more mother-headed households and were less patriarchal, and their typical lack of status and property undermined expressions of male authority. Dorman family papers, 1838-1897. Tuscaloosa, AL: W. Fallin, Jr., 1995. He has said his hero is Sen. John Sherman Cooper, a Kentucky Republican who died in 1991, best known for breaking the filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act that had been led by other Southern senators. Notes. /GC 976.101 D16hac/, Records of AnteBellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Wyche & Otey family papers, 1824-1900 & 1935-1936. Julien S. Devereux papers, 17871865. Mobile, AL: University of South Alabama, 1993. Illustrations. Montgomery, AL: NewSouth Books, 2008. Black Heritage: Rural SW Alabama Columbia African American Cemetery (Houston County, AL) A Slide, a Swing, and an Oak Tree: Maysville, Alabama, and the Birth of an African-American Community. A Reflection of Student Desegregation at the University of Alabama as Seen Through the Eyes of Some Pioneering African American Students, 1956-1976. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198.Chillab Smith Howe papers, 1814-1899. The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography?Alabama Narratives. Only on rare occasions did slaves resist their bondage violently. Evergreen, IL: The Freedom Walk America Corp., 2002. It is a major contributing property to the. Website: BAAGG 346p. 381p. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1999. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Co., 1979. Alabama 1867 Voter Registration Records Database. Index. 25p. Richard Daley, in that same census, owned five slaves, three females and two males. Chambers Co. AL - Estate Papers of Jonathan Musick (slaves owned by Jonathan Musick in Chambers County, AL) National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture Lauderdale County, Alabama: Woods Cemetery Early Records of Londonderry, Windham, and Derry, N.H. 1870 Federal Census Black and Mulatto Households Hale County, AL Lauderdale County, Alabama: Springhill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Turner Reavis account book, 18421890. It is very rare that the story of who enslaved a person gets passed down from generation to generation. Lauderdale County, Alabama: Gray Cemetery One of their responsibilities was to record the marriages (past and present) of the former slaves. People of Color South 158p. Bloomington, IN: J. M. Brittain, 1958. The senator related the same story in his memoir. Use the search radius to expand the geocoded search areait may be too tight. A Mind to Stay: White Plantation, Black Homeland. Illustrations. Fighting the Good Fight: The Story of the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 1865-1977. Bibliography. He did mention another James McConnell apparently the father of the slave-owning James McConnell who he said came from Ireland in the 1760s and fought for the colonies in the American Revolution. /GC 976.1 H279me/, Hazel, Joseph Allen. 543p. 381 Days The Montgomery Bus Boycotts /GC 976.102 T85um/, Hageness, MariLee Beatty. Endorsements Sent. Tuskegee Airmen Photographs. 340p. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198.Lewis family papers, 1730-1956. Alabama History Education Materials: Slavery (lesson plan) However, these freemen did not leave much of a paper trail because of fear, illiteracy, and a lack of money. Colored Troops, 7th Regiment Colored Infantry/ 11th Regiment, African-American Cemeteries and Obituaries, Alabama African American Census, Mortality Schedules, and Slave Schedules, Alabama History Education Materials: Slavery, Appraisement & Inventory of the Estate of W.R. Rand, Autauga County, AL Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules & Surname Matches, Baldwin County, AL Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules & Surname Matches, Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections: African American, Black Belt African American Genealogical & Historical Society, Butler County, Alabama 1860 Slave Schedule, Chambers Co AL- Estate of Dr. John L. Wilkins - includes Will, Chambers Co. AL - Estate Papers of Jonathan Musick, Choctaw County Alabama 1860 Largest Slaveholders, Colbert County, Alabama: African American, Colbert County, Alabama: King Cemetery, 2005, Colbert County, Alabama: King Cemetery, 2007, Dallas County, AL Archives Court (Slaves owned by Tom Smith), Distribution of the Estate of Elizabeth Hunter, Estate of Aaron Moore, 30 Oct 1826, Perry Co., AL, Estate of Elizabeth Wilkins, Chambers Co. AL, Estate of George W. Crittenden, Lawrence, Alabama, Fayette County, Alabama 1850 Slave Schedules, Fayette County, Alabama 1860 Slave Schedules, Greene Co, AL Deeds of Samuel Morrow Documenting Prior Slave Emancipation, Henry-Dale County, AL Archives Wills..Ward Sr, Shadrach January 1848, Index to Names of Slaveholders - found in Wills and Inventories, Talladega County, Alabama, 1839-1865, Inventory of Appraisement, Estate of James Jackson, Sen, Perry, Alabama, Last Will of George Daniel Christian - 1830, Lauderdale County, Alabama African American, Lauderdale County, Alabama: Armstead Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama: Buckingham Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama: Coffee Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama: Coffee Servant's Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama: Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama: Gray Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama: Hopewell Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama: Huff Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama: Mt. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, Inc., 198. Estate of George W. Crittenden, Lawrence, Alabama (names slaves owned by George W. Crittenden in Lawrence County AL) Copies of death certificates were sometimes attached to the entries. New York: J. al. 297p. Greene Co, AL Deeds of Samuel Morrow Documenting Prior Slave Emancipation (slaves owned by Samuel Morrow in Greene County, AL)



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