US Black Heritage project is looking for volunteers to help create profiles of enslaved persons on plantations. There are a number of plantations on the WikiTree Plantations Index page that need profiles created. The plantation research has been done and the plantation pages are already created. All you need to do is create the profiles for the lists of enslaved located there. If you would like to help us please contact Michelle Detwiler of the USBH Plantations team.
You can create profiles for as many of the Kinneys as you can figure out. The dates in the table are their actually birth years based on the documents linked in the page. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_Kinney_Family_of_Louisa_County%2C_Virginia
And if that isn't challenging enough, you can start working on the slaves of Christophere Smith. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Slaves_of_Christopher_Smith%2C_Louisa_County%2C_Virginia
Their last names would be Smith (per policy), and the only date we have is the date of the will - 1802. If you create any profiles, please make sure to create a Research Notes section and reference the space page.
PLEASE be sure to use the following USBH help pages when creating profiles of the enslaved!
All profiles of the enslaved and of slave owners require this top level category [[Category: USBH Heritage Exchange]]
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Documenting_Enslaved_People_in_WikiTree
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Heritage_Exchange_Categories
Thank you for helping!
We would love to have your help! Please go to the US BLACK HERITAGE PROJECT WELCOME page. It will show you the different things we do. We have a lot of plantations that need to be recorded. I will be happy to get you started. Michelle
