Tracing Your African American Ancestors Records of Slave Owning Families

Learn about using the records of slave owning families to trace your African American ancestors even further. Finding manuscript collections that may contain these records will be explored.
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[@AnneKaufman-dp9dw]

Thank you this very informative video and dearth of information. I am trying to track the path of my ancestor's enslaved people from St. Louis, MO to New Orleans, LA in 1832. Hopefully, these resources will be helpful. Thank you.

[@missyblanks9916]

This was time well spent! Thank you for sharing this wealth of information. I believe I can truly benefit from the resources that were noted as I’ve used knew of them and have used some, however not really successful. Though the guidance on how to find them is most helpful. I listened to this recording, yet I’m going to play again and watch the video on TV as well as find the previous pertinent video(s).

[@BrightAura777]

Helpful. Thank you

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

The times that o have reached out to my mainstream American cousins. They normally aren’t interested in our connection. I did find one women though who was open to converse. Turns out we both descend from a Thomas Edmonds who arrived in Virginia in 1630. He eventually had children one of which moved West and was her 7x great grandfather

[@HomeyPups]

Excellent information!

[@nailahdawkins]

06:00: It would save YEARS of time if the name of the enslavers and what farms so many of my ancestors were on was known. So, my family would know who/what family did the horrid atrocities!!!

[@crimony3054]

Then what would you do?

[@missyblanks9916]

The last enslaver is closer and more accessible than you think.

[@chiefchosen8126]

There is no such thing as African American we are the Aboriginal American Indians documented

[@uc-workers]

You actually reinforce the notion that we were not people every time yo refer to us as slaves and them as slave-owners. A driving force in enslavement was the need to make Africans believe that our captivity was normal and natural, rather than something that was imposed on us.
Therefore, referring to us as slaves and and them as slave-owners actually reproduces the notion that it was a natural condition.
On the other hand, referring to us as enslaved and them as enslavers, forces one to raise the question of who was enslaved and who did the enslaving.
And as an extension of that, it is preposterous to call enslaved black people African Americans. The Americans are the ones who enslaved us. To call an enslaved people by a name that identifies them with the people actively enslaving them, is a not-so-subtle way of erasing our national identity and right to self-determination as an oppressed nation.

[@dlc0429]

OMG. And to think I was just sitting here appreciating how this man is trying to give us information and tell the truth about the situation. He has used the term enslaved several times during his talk, not just slaves. Sometimes we just go overboard. You are directing your comments to the wrong man. He is obviously educated on the slave system, and has made several side comments about how wrong everything was. Give the man a break. You're preaching to the choir. 🤦🏾

[@uc-workers]

​@@dlc0429Stop being so grateful that a white person likes you that you cannot correct him. I'm simply educating him, not attacking him.

[@ginakirkland386]

Ugh! It’s not MissourA---it’s Missouri-eeeee