African-American Articles
A research project to document slave ships captured during the early 1800s after the slave trade became illegal.
9/27/2009
Books, Web sites and more
2/1/2001
A historic African-American school house that was is once again a place of learning—this time, about genealogy.
2/1/2004
African American family historians can give each other a research boost through a free online genealogy database called AfriQuest.
3/1/2008
Ancestry.com's database of narratives from interviews with former slaves.
9/27/2009
Select records and documents on slaves are finally digital.
2/1/2001
Celebrate Black History Month with our guide to tracing your African-American roots and reclaiming the lost heritage of your slave ancestors.
9/28/2009
The research institute at the new National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will help African-Americans fill in gaps in their genealogy research.
4/1/2003
Tracing your African-American ancestors before the Civil War almost always means identifying their slaveholders. Here's how to get started.
12/1/2002
A historian's work to document thousands of Africans slaves and African-descended people in Louisiana.
9/28/2009