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South Carolina Resources

Updated: May 13

College of Charleston Libraries: https://libguides.library.cofc.edu/claw/slavery

Trans-Atlantic Slave Database: http://www.slavevoyages.org/

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer's Project 1936-1938:

https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/

Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860: https://www.loc.gov/collections/slaves-and-the-courts-from-1740-to-1860/about-this-collection/

Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories: https://www.loc.gov/collections/voices-remembering-slavery/about-this-collection/

Guide to Law Online: South Carolina: https://guides.loc.gov/law-us-south-carolina

South Carolina: Local History and Genealogical Resource Guide: https://guides.loc.gov/south-carolina-local-history-genealogy

Civil War Maps: https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-war-maps/about-this-collection/

Railroad Maps: https://www.loc.gov/collections/railroad-maps-1828-to-1900/about-this-collection/

Sanborn Maps: https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps/about-this-collection/

Digital Library on American Slavery: http://dlas.uncg.edu/

Enslaved: People of the Historic Slave Trade: https://enslaved.org/

Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware: http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/

African Names Database: http://www.african-origins.org/

U.S. Freedman's Bank Records: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8755/

U.S. Freedman's Bureau: Records of Field Offices: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1105/

U.S. Confederate Army Payrolls for Enslaved Labor, 1840-1883: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62196/

South Carolina digital archives 1680-: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/

Union County, South Carolina; Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Union_County,_South_Carolina_Genealogy

The Keowee Courier; Newspaper: https://newspaperarchive.com/tags/slaves/?pc=22775&psi=87&pci=7&pt=34157/

South Carolina Department of Archives and History: https://scdah.sc.gov/research-and-genealogy/online-research

South Carolina Electronic Records Archives: https://scdah.access.preservica.com/

African American Heritage South Carolina: https://scdah.sc.gov/historic-preservation/resources/african-american-heritage

Family Search South Carolina Page/Resources: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/African_American_Resources_for_South_Carolina

South Carolina Probate Records: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/South_Carolina_Probate_Records










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