Southern States Slavery and Bondage Collections
| Alabama | ||
| County | Title | Notes |
| Chambers | Freemen of Color and Index, 1836-1885 | Access the site at a FamilySearch Center. |
| Slave and Indian records, 1832-1888 | N/A | |
| Lawrence | Tax Assessment Book Index, 1848-1849 | Tax Assessment book index. Includes names and ages of enslaved persons. |
| Tax Assessment Book, 1848-1849 | Includes names and ages of enslaved persons. | |
| Mobile | Record Book of Run-Away Slaves, 1857-1865; Index, 1857-1865 | N/A |
| Perry | Register of Slaves Brought to Perry County, Alabama, 1820-1832 | Access the site at a FamilySearch Center. |
| Tallapossa | Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Slave records, 1847-1860 | N/A |
| Georgia | ||
| County | Title | Notes |
| Camden | Affidavits made by owners bringing slaves into the state, 1818-1847 | N/A |
| Decatur | Census of Slave Owners and Slaves, Mortality Records, and Agricultural Census, 1850, 1860 | N/A |
| Elbert | Various Records, 1822-1874 | Evidence records of criminal cases 1873-1874; Trial of enslaved persons 1837-1849; Support of families 1861; and, Affidavits for bringing enslaved persons into the state 1822-1847. |
| Jackson | Oaths Introducing Slaves Into the State and County, 1818-183 | N/A |
| Liberty | Free Persons of Color, 1852-1864 | Includes names of the free person and their guarantor. Starts on image #251. See theyhadnames.net for a transcription. |
| Colored Orphans' Bond 1866-1873 | For transcription, see theyhadnames.net. | |
| Monroe | Apprenticeship Indentures and Bonds, 1869-1890 | N/A |
| Morgan | Slave Register, 1818-1824 | Record of indentures of apprenticeship, 1866-1877. |
| Pulaski | Importation of Slaves 1818-1865 and Illegitimate Records 1841-1875 | N/A |
| Richmond | Slave importation register, 1818-1837 | Slave Register, 1818-1820 |
| Slave importation register, 1818-1837 | Slave Register, 1820-1821 | |
| Slave importation register, 1818-1837 | Slave Register, 1822-1830 Slave Register, 1835-1837 (1831-1834 missing) | |
| Thomas | Free persons of color and indentures 1858-1895, Thomas County, Georgia | N/A |
| Kentucky | ||
| County | Title | Notes |
| Boyle | Bill of Sale for Slaves of Zacariah Garnett of Boyle County, Kentucky, 1849 | Access the site at a FamilySearch Center. |
| Caldwell | Registry of Slaves Imported, 1853-1860 | Includes index of those doing the importing. Importing is from outside the state of Kentucky. |
| Green | List of Slaves Held by Owners, 1845-1852 | Includes index to slaveholder. |
| Hickman | Indentures of Apprenticeship for Freedmen, 1866-1915 | N/A |
| Lyon | List of Slaves Imported Into the State, 1856-1859; Fee Book 1870-1871 | N/A |
| Marshall | List of Slaves Imported Into Kentucky, 1856-1859 | N/A |
| Trigg | Lists of Slaves Imported Into the State of Kentucky, 1856-1861 | N/A |
| Records Pertaining to Slavery, 1840-1855 | N/A | |
Louisiana - Maryland
| Louisiana | ||
| County | Title | Notes |
| Assumption | Record book of slaves, 1813-1844 | N/A |
| Orleans | Emancipation of Negro Slaves, February 17, 1827-October 4, 1834 | Access the site at a FamilySearch Center. Some text in French. |
| Orleans ( New Orleans) | Assessment of Property and Census of Slaves and Their Owners, 1837 | Text primarily in French. |
| Slaves Arrived in New Orleans, 1831 | Text in French and English. | |
| Maryland | ||
| St. Mary's | Miscellaneous Indexes: Index to Certificates of Freedom T4885-12, Index to Certificates of Freedom C1541-2, 1 Jan–31 Dec 1826 | N/A |
| Certificates of freedom, 1806-1852 | N/A | |
Mississippi - Missouri - North Carolina
| Mississippi | ||
| County | Title | Notes |
| Adams | Record Book, 1858-1861,1865-1870 | Access the site at a FamilySearch Center. - Includes Slave Certificates, Justice Court Minutes, and Board of Police Minutes. |
| Account Books, 1854 | Access the site at a FamilySearch Center. - Includes property valuations, daily records, annual records of enslaved persons, births and deaths of enslaved persons, medical records of enslaved persons. | |
| Lowndes | Slave register and owners ledger (Lowndes County, Mississippi), 1837-1846] | Item 5 contains slave register, 1837-1842 |
| Slave register and owners ledger (Lowndes County, Mississippi), 1837-1846 | Item 4 contains slave register, 1837-1845 | |
| Slave register and owners ledger (Lowndes County, Mississippi), 1837-1846 | Item 6 contains slave register, 1845-1846 | |
| Missouri | ||
| Ste. Genevieve | Documents pertaining to free negroes, 1836-1859 | N/A |
| North Carolina | ||
| For county information for North Carolina, visit the North Carolina Slavery and Bondage Collection Wiki page. | ||
Charleston South Carolina - Tennessee
| Charleston South Carolina Bill of Sales of Negro Slaves | ||
| Film | Year | Image Group |
| 23439 | Records for 1799-1803 | 8196076 |
| 23440 | Records for 1803-1808 | 8196077 |
| 23441 | Records for 1808-1813 | 8196078 |
| 23442 | Records for 1813-1816 | 8196079 |
| 23443 | Records for 1816-1820 | 7837382 |
| 23444 | Records for 1820-1825 | 8196080 |
| 23445 | Records for 1825-1829 | 8196081 |
| 23446 | Records for 1829-1839 | 8689267 |
| 23447 | Records for 1839-1843 | 8689268 |
| 23448 | Records for 1832-1836 | 8689269 |
| 23449 | Records for 1843-1849 | 8139559 |
| 23450 | Records for 1849-1857 | 8139558 |
| 23451 | Records for 1857-1872 | 8139557 |
| Tennessee | ||
| Franklin | Various Records Listing Names of Slaves, 1830-1871 | N/A |
| Virginia | ||
| County | Title | Notes |
| Alleghany | A Register of Free Negroes & Mulattoes in Alleghany County, 1855?-1859 | Gives age, name, color, number, stature (feet and inches), marks and scars, and in what court emancipated. |
| Arlington | Free negro and slave records | Gives age, name, color, number, stature (feet and inches), marks and scars, and in what court emancipated. |
| Another filming, 1981, of Register of free negroes, 1858. (First page is hard to read and missing p. 15; film title board indicates this is v. A.) | N/A | |
| Free Negro Registers, 1797-1861 | Information varies but usually gives name of free Negro with a physical description and how freed. | |
| Bedford | Slave Records, 1853-1866 | Arranged in alphabetical order by the slaveholder's name. Gives slaveholder's name, enslaved person's name (if known, or sex if name not known), mother's name if known, date, and code number. |
| Campbell | Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes, 1801-1850 | Gives date when registered, name, age, stature, complexion, where emancipated, and by whom emancipated. |
| Chesapeake (Independent City) | Registers of free Negroes and mulattos in the county of Norfolk, 1809-1861 | Register of free Negroes 1809-1852 |
| Registers of free Negroes and mulattos in the county of Norfolk, 1809-1861 | Access the site at a FamilySearch Center. - Registers of free Negroes 1851-1861 | |
| Essex | Registers of free negroes, 1810-1861 | Item 6 has registration of free Negroes 1810-1843. |
| Registers of free negroes, 1810-1861 | Item 1 has registration of free Negroes 1843-1861. Gives name, age, physical description, and whether born free or emancipated. | |
| Fluvanna | Register of Free Persons of "Colour", 1851-1864 | Also known as "Register of slaves freed." |
| Greensville | Processioners' Returns, 1796-1832, 1848-1857; Register of Free Persons of "Colour", 1803-1832 | The Register of Free Persons of Colour gives name, age, physical description, and whether born free or emancipated. |
| Another filming of processioners' returns, 1796-1820. Richmond : Virginia State Library, 1981. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (It. 1 has land processions, 1796-1820 (pt.). It. 2 has register of free persons of "colour", 1803-1832, and the rest of the land processions, 1820. Includes loose documents which were recorded in the register of free persons.) | N/A | |
| King George | Register of Free Persons of color, 1794-1822, 1827 | Access the site at a FamilySearch Center. |
| Middlesex | Registers of free negroes and mulattoes for the county of Middlesex, 1800-1862 | Register, 1800-1862, gives name, whether born free or emancipated (sometimes gives name of emancipator, age, height, complexion, date emancipated or registered (not always given), and sometimes other distinguishing marks. Register, 1827-1862, gives name, date of certificate, by whom emancipated or if born free, certificate number, age, height, complexion, and marks or scars. |
| Nelson | Register of Free Negroes, List of Slaves, 1853-1865 | Access the site at a FamilySearch Center. |
| Northampton | Register of Free Negroes, 1840-1847 or 1853-1861 | Free Negroes were registered with the county clerk. The dates given may be the registration dates. However, birth dates appeared for 1795-1860. |
| Northumberland | Free Negroes and Slave Records : Births of Blacks, 1841-1857 | N/A |
| Free Negroes and Slave Records : List of Free Negroes in Northumberland County | N/A | |
| Free Negroes and slave records : list of the names, ages and sex of the free Negroes in Northumberland County | N/A | |
| Register of free Negroes, 1803-1849, no. [1?]-507. | Gives number, name, sex, age, height, marks or scars, whether born free or emancipated and by whom, date registered, and when certified by the court. | |
| Register of free Negroes, 1849-1851, no. 508-774. | ||
| Petersburg (Independent City) | Register of free negroes and mulattoes, 1794-1819. | Information varies but usually gives name of the free Negro with a physical description and how freed. |
| Register of free negroes and mulattoes, 1819-1833 -- Register of free negroes and mulattoes, 1831-1839 -- Register of free negroes and mulattoes, 1839-1850. | Free Negroes were registered with the county clerk. The dates given were the registration dates. | |
| Rappahannock | Register of Free Negroes, 1834-1863 | Free Negroes were registered with the county clerk. The dates given were the registration dates. |
| Surry | Criminal Proceedings Against Free Persons, Slaves, etc., 1742-1822 | N/A |
| [Register of free Mulattoes and Negroes], nos. 1-141, 1794-1803 (Filmed with: Guardians accounts 1784 (1783)-1804). | Gives certificate or entry number, name of free Negro, physical description, residence, date of registration, and sometimes a parent's name. | |
| Register of free Negroes, nos. 1-922, 1803-1847. | Gives certificate or entry number, name of free Negro, physical description, residence, date of registration, and sometimes a parent's name. | |
| Register of free Negroes, nos. 923-1560, 1847-1862. | Gives certificate or entry number, name of free Negro, physical description, residence, date of registration, and sometimes a parent's name. | |
| York | Register of Free Negroes, 1831-1850? | Access the site at a FamilySearch Center. - The register gives name, physical description, date and where registered as free. There are entries beyond the last one in 1850 but they do not give physical descriptions or any other information except the name. |
| West Virginia | ||
| County | Title | Notes |
| Brooke | Register of Negroes | The register consists of free Negroes and transfers by sale or gift. |
| Jackson | Register of Free Negroes, 1838-1860; and Praecipe Book, 1873-1877 | N/A |
| Pendleton | Registry of Free Negroes and Mullatos, 1839-1859 | N/A |
| Putnam | Negro Register, 1845-1860 | Record of the status of Black people as found in the back of a summons volume. |
