African American History and Genealogy
Giles County’s “colored” population (as it was then termed) grew rapidly
between the years 1820 and 1860: from 3,261 slaves and 25 free colored in 1820
to 10,848 slaves and 23 free colored in 1860, a total of 10,871 compared to 19,675
whites. Following the Civil War, the number of coloreds was 12,738 compared to 19,675
whites in 1870 and 14,189 coloreds and 21,824 whites in 1880.
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Table of Contents
African American History
Includes:
Acts of Retaliation Relating to Colored Troops
The Ku Klux Klan, Its Origin, Growth, and Disbandment
U.S. Fugitive Slave Laws, 1787-1851
Index to Civil War Records
Includes:
Some Reconstruction records, 1861-1865
Miscellaneous Giles Records
Includes:
Colored CSA Pension Applications
Impressed Slaves, 10 Oct 1863
People of Color: Biographies
Includes:
Susan Bledsoe
Rev. H.P.L. Jones
Bessie Wilks
Transcriptions, Databases, Message Boards, Chats and more!
AfriGeneas ~ African Ancestored Genealogy
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Record of Outrages, 1866-1868
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