African-American Resources for Tennessee

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African-American Resources by State

US Black Heritage Project Tennessee Team

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Links to online resources about black heritage in Tennessee.

Contents 1 History and General Resources 2 Resources by Location 2.1 Davidson County 2.2 Franklin County 2.3 Gibson County 2.4 Hamilton County 2.5 Hardin County 2.6 Hardeman County 2.7 Haywood County 2.8 Jackson County 2.9 Knox County 2.10 Madison County 2.11 Shelby County 2.12 Sumner County 3 Slavery Resources

History and General Resources

• History of Slavery in Tennessee at Wikipedia
• Archeological Investigation of Tennessee Slave Cemetery
  • http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/28/slave-cemetery-history-display-museum-tennessee/4233037/

Resources by Location

• Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Memphis and the Mid-South Chapter
• Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Nashville Chapter

Davidson County

• African American Businesses
• African American Churches
• African American Cemeteries
• African American Educational Institutions
  • American Baptist College, Bordeaux Elementary School, Cameron High School, Fisk University, Immaculate Mother Academy, Meharry Medical College, Meigs High School, Pearl High School, Roger Williams University, St. Vincent De Paul Catholic School,Tennessee State University, Walden University
• African American Organizations/Groups:
  • Black Greek Letter Organizations, Fisk Jubilee Singers, NAACP Nashville Branch, Napier-Looby Bar Association
• Resources for Slavery Research

Franklin County

• Free African Americans Enumerated in the 1850 Franklin County, Tennessee Census

Gibson County

• Free African Americans Enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 Gibson County, Tennessee Census

Hamilton County

• Hamilton, Chuck (22 June 2012). Chattanooga's Black Community from the Civil War through Jim Crow." Chattanoogan.com.
• Hamilton, Chuck (30 May 2012). Chickamauga, Tennessee - Part 3 of 3." Chattanoogan.com.'
• Hamilton, Chuck (26 November 2012). Named Plantations and Homes in Hamilton County." Chattanoogan.com.
• Red Bank Cemetery on FG. The article related to this cemetery and another that is being uncovered:

Hardin County

• Free African Americans Enumerated in the 1860 Hardin County, Tennessee Census

Hardeman County

• Ames Plantation Cemeteries
• 1850 Census of the Hardeman County, Tennessee Poor House
• Free African Americans Enumerated in the 1850 & 1860 Hardeman County, Tennessee Census

Haywood County

• African American Funeral Homes: Rawls Funeral Homes
• Free African Americans Enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 Haywood County, Tennessee Census

Jackson County

• 1880 Census of the Jackson, Tennessee Jail House

Knox County

• Educational Institutions: Knox College

Madison County

• African Americans listed in the 1850 Madison County, Tennessee Free Census Schedule
• 1850 Madison County Tennessee Mortality Schedule

Shelby County

• 1888 map by M.T. Williamson showing landowners and Civil Districts

Sumner County

• Free African Americans Enumerated in the 1860 Sumner County, Tennessee Census

Slavery Resources

• USBH Index of Plantations by State