Hi gang, A friend and I were talking about our ancestors having possibley owned "slaves" when they lived back on the East Coast. I had a relative bring several from Texas with him, then granted them freedom after arriving on the West Coast. I came home, and began looking for a way to find out who the "slaves" might have been? I found that records were kept, but not what kind and where do you access them? But on the internet the last few days, found a great site about the origins and history of "slavery", if you have questions about where or how this habit started you might enjoy this site: (http;//www.slavevoyages.org/tast/help/glossary.faces), its 12 page history that is in chronical order. Hope you enjoy the history given. So now I check for census at (http://www.MortalityCensus.com), becasue they began in 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. BY 1850 SLAVE schedules were starting to be kept by the Feds. By 1860, slaves were still listed as personal property on the Census takers list of questions, of the owners, but a seperate census for slaves was also done, the questions it asked were the 1]name of owner, 2] # of slaves, 3] age of slave, sex and color, 4] fugitives from state, 5] No. manumitted,<released from> 6] physical limits, <blind, deaf, dumb, insane or idotic>7] #. slaves houses, 8] remarks.....by 1870 the Civil War had freed most slaves, so census taking after 1870 would be in the general population I would think?..Now another question has popped up, "What about INDENTURED servants" are they slaves??? Answer is no, they are self committed to a Male family heir, for limited terms of committment for financial reasons, mostly for the voyage from shore to shore or the price of their ticket to the New World. Then they worked off the "DEBIT" in a given number of years (included bed and board) if they lived to fulfill the agreement. The normal time was 3-7 yrs. Another site is the ISDSA site, sons and daughters of slave ancestors. And our own Rootsweb, had a site for "SLAVES/SLAVEOWNERS" at (http://www.userdb/rootsweb.com/slaves/). SO, I'm looking for sites that have posted names of slaves and or their owners. CAn you help? TIA. ~ Linda ~ Willow Creek,CA.

Linda: Check out Prudence Crandall,Canterbury CT. She ran a school for freed slaves, if I remember right. There is a lot on info on google, but not sure you will find anything you want. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Blondie Mock To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 2:42 PM Subject: [GN] Slave's and their history Hi gang, A friend and I were talking about our ancestors having possibley owned "slaves" when they lived back on the East Coast. I had a relative bring several from Texas with him, then granted them freedom after arriving on the West Coast. I came home, and began looking for a way to find out who the "slaves" might have been? I found that records were kept, but not what kind and where do you access them? But on the internet the last few days, found a great site about the origins and history of "slavery", if you have questions about where or how this habit started you might enjoy this site: (http;//www.slavevoyages.org/tast/help/glossary.faces), its 12 page history that is in chronical order. Hope you enjoy the history given. So now I check for census at (http://www.MortalityCensus.com), becasue they began in 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. BY 1850 SLAVE schedules were starting to be kept by the Feds. By 1860, slaves were still listed as personal property on the Census takers list of questions, of the owners, but a seperate census for slaves was also done, the questions it asked were the 1]name of owner, 2] # of slaves, 3] age of slave, sex and color, 4] fugitives from state, 5] No. manumitted,<released from> 6] physical limits, <blind, deaf, dumb, insane or idotic>7] #. slaves houses, 8] remarks.....by 1870 the Civil War had freed most slaves, so census taking after 1870 would be in the general population I would think?..Now another question has popped up, "What about INDENTURED servants" are they slaves??? Answer is no, they are self committed to a Male family heir, for limited terms of committment for financial reasons, mostly for the voyage from shore to shore or the price of their ticket to the New World. Then they worked off the "DEBIT" in a given number of years (included bed and board) if they lived to fulfill the agreement. The normal time was 3-7 yrs. Another site is the ISDSA site, sons and daughters of slave ancestors. And our own Rootsweb, had a site for "SLAVES/SLAVEOWNERS" at (http://www.userdb/rootsweb.com/slaves/). SO, I'm looking for sites that have posted names of slaves and or their owners. CAn you help? TIA. ~ Linda ~ Willow Creek,CA. ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Try the WILLS of the male head of the household. They usually tell the given name of the slave as well as their age and if they were Mulatto and or Melugeon. After the Civil War many of those former slaves took the last name of their owner. The Nanny of my great grandfather when told that the Slaves were free and she could leave, the answer she gave was." i have taken care of you from the day you were born and your wife can not do a good job in caring for you." She is buried with him in the same cemetery. Remember if your ancestor lived to an old age they remember these events. ellen > Hi gang, > A friend and I were talking about our ancestors having possibley owned > "slaves" when they lived back on the East Coast. I had a relative bring > several from Texas with him, then granted them freedom after arriving on > the West Coast. I came home, and began looking for a way to find out who > the "slaves" might have been? I found that records were kept, but not > what kind and where do you access them? But on the internet the last few >

Try the WILLS of the male head of the household. They usually tell the given name of the slave as well as their age and if they were Mulatto and or Melugeon. After the Civil War many of those former slaves took the last name of their owner. The Nanny of my great grandfather when told that the Slaves were free and she could leave, the answer she gave was." i have taken care of you from the day you were born and your wife can not do a good job in caring for you." She is buried with him in the same cemetery. Remember if your ancestor lived to an old age they remember these events. ellen > Hi gang, > A friend and I were talking about our ancestors having possibley owned > "slaves" when they lived back on the East Coast. I had a relative bring > several from Texas with him, then granted them freedom after arriving on > the West Coast. I came home, and began looking for a way to find out who > the "slaves" might have been? I found that records were kept, but not > what kind and where do you access them? But on the internet the last few >