Louisiana and Mississippi were important locations when it comes to slavery within the United States and the migration of the enslaved from the upper south to the lower south. In this episode, learn the ins and outs of researching the slave trade in these two important locations.
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Previous Episodes of Interest
- Researching Enslaved Ancestors Playlist
- Ep 11: Louisiana and Mississippi Genealogy Research
- Ep 87: On My Block: New Orleans People of Color Genealogy Research
Resource Links
- French Colonial Louisiana
- Mapping Resource: The Cartographic Setting, Evolving European and American Conceptions of Louisiana to 1803
- Mississippi History Timeline
- The End of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Charleston Public Library
- About Franklin and Armfield (Slave Traders)
- About Isaac Franklin (Franklin and Armfield)
- About John Armfield (Franklin and Armfield)
- Austin Woolfolk – What Else You Should Know About Baltimore (Slave Trader)
- Campbell and Campbell (Slave Traders)
- The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805 (Ancestry)
- Spanish Archives
- Cash For Blood: The Baltimore to New Orleans Domestic Slave Trade, Ralph Clayton, https://amzn.to/31OOayq
- Maryland State Archives, Legacy of Slavery –
- About Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807-1860
- South Carolina State Archives – Search for deeds/bills of sale
- Slavery and Forced Migration in the Antebellum South, Damian Alan Pargas
- Slave Voyages Database – http://bit.ly/2SzMkx3
- Slave Voyages Timeline: http://bit.ly/39iNcNk
- Slave Resistance in Natchez, Mississippi (1719-1861)
- Cash For Blood: The Baltimore to New Orleans Domestic Slave Trade, Ralph Clayton
- The Future of America’s Past (PBS), Lines in the Sand, Dr. Ed Ayers (video)
- Historic Natchez Foundation
- Louisiana Slave Database (GMH)
- Louisiana Digital Library
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana Notarial Archives
- New Orleans Public Library, Louisiana Division/City Archives and Special Collections
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