African-American Resources for Alabama

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Online resources about African American heritage in Alabama.

Contents 1 History and General Resources 2 Resources by Location 2.1 Autauga County 2.2 Baldwin County 2.3 Chambers County 2.4 Dallas County 2.5 Lawrence County 2.6 Limestone County 2.7 Lowndes County 2.8 Macon County 2.9 Marengo County 2.10 Madison County 2.11 Mobile County 2.12 Shelby County 2.13 Talladega County 3 Slavery Resources

History and General Resources

• African American Genealogy - Alabama
• Alabama County Chronologies
• African American Gateway - Alabama
• African-American U.S. Archives (NARA) Handout
• Alabama Slave Records
• Alabama Historic Cemetery Register
• The Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage By County
• Historical Maps railways and more
• Alabama Senators (all early ones were slave owners)
• The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Alabama
• Alabama Secretary of State: Legislative Acts (links to pages with historical statutes, the local laws index, and other useful resources)
• BlackProGenLIVE! Episode 18: Alabama and Georgia Genealogy Research
• Cyndi's List: United States - Alabama - Slavery
• FamilySearch Research Wiki: African American Resources for Alabama
• FamilySearch Research Wiki: Alabama Genealogy
• ACPL Genealogy Center: African American Gateway
• ACPL Genealogy Center YouTube video: Welcome to the New, FREE, Periodical Source Index (PERSI)!
• ACPL Genealogy Center YouTube video: Finding Periodical Articles about Your Geographic Area of Interest Using PERSI
• National Genealogical Society's Research in the States: Alabama
• NGS Magazine Article: Fonkert, J. H. “Five Tips for Starting Research in a New Locale.” NGS Magazine 39 (Jul–Sep 2013): 29–33. pdf download
• NGS Magazine Article: Jones, Thomas. “Getting the Most from Case Studies in the NGS Quarterly.” NGS Magazine 41 (Oct–Dec 2015): 47–53. pdf download
• The Ancestor Hunt: Historical African American Newspapers Online
• NARA's Virtal Genealogy Fair 2018, Session 2 by Archivist Claire Kluskens: Federal Records that Help Identify Former Slaves and Slave Owners (see the Fair's page for links to video, presentation slides, and handout)
• Library of Congress: U.S. Local History: A Resource Guide for Alabama
• State Library of North Carolina LibGuide: Researching African American Ancestors: Records of Enslaved People (not directly relevant to Alabama, but included as an example to consider while creating an Alabama research toolkit)
• Elizabeth Shown Mills' Historic Pathways: Articles. See the sections Individual Case Studies: African America & Slavery to see what methodology she used for her own research areas, and Anglo South for articles about Alabama and other Southern families.

• Sold Down the River-- History of the slave trade in Chattahoochee

Resources by Location

Autauga County

• 1866 Alabama Census, Autauga County, Freedmen

Baldwin County

• 1850 U.S. Slave Census, Baldwin County, Alabama
• 1855 Baldwin County Free People of Color
• 1860 U.S. Slave Census, Baldwin County, Alabama
• 1866 Alabama Census, Baldwin County, Freedmen
• Africatown One Place Study
• Africatown Origins: Clotilda, Last Known U.S. Slave Ship
• Africatown Academic Papers
• Africatown Plateau Cemetery Spreadsheet
• Africatown Plateau Cemetery WikiTree Listing
• Africatown Plateau Cemetery Find-A-Grave Listing

Chambers County

• Slaves Names Extracted from Public Records in Chambers County
• 1850 U.S. Slave Census, Chambers County, Alabama
• 1860 U.S. Slave Census, Chambers County, Alabama

Dallas County

• 1866 Alabama State Census, Dallas County, Alabama, Freedmen

Lawrence County

• 1850 Lawrence County, Alabama Slave Census transcriptions

Limestone County

• 1850 Limestone County, Alabama Slave Census transcriptions
• 1866 Alabama Census, Limestone County, Freedmen

Lowndes County

• 1850 Lowndes County, Alabama Slave Census transcriptions

Macon County

• 1850 Macon County, Alabama Slave Census transcription

Marengo County

• 1850 Slave Schedules Marengo County
• USBH Marengo County Plantations

Madison County

• Estate Notebook of Thomas Fearn, MD
• Fearn Plantation, Madison County, Alabama

Mobile County

• WikiTree's Page for Africatown

Shelby County

• Shelby County Historical Society Excellent online resources.

Talladega County

• Thornhill Plantation, Talladega County

Slavery Resources

• WikiTree's Alabama Plantations
• WikiTree's Index of Plantations
• Wikitree’s Alabama Slave Trader Category
• WikiTree page for The Clotilda The last known slave ship
• Slavery in Encyclopedia of Alabama
• Perry County, Alabama Register of Slaves Brought into Alabama after 16 Day of Jan 1832
• Wikipedia History of Slavery in Alabama
• "Slavery" in Encyclopedia of Alabama

• Table of Alabama Plantations That Need to be Created