Free Negro Owners Of Slaves In The United States In 1830

By: Carter G. Woodson, Pub. 1924, reprinted 2021, 86 pages, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-008-4. This book will make a great addition to any ones collection of research books especially when it concerns Afro-American Genealogy. This book contains the names of the Head of Household along with their approximate age, gender, and number of persons within his or her family. Information is broken down by state and then into counties.

Drawing on the federal census, wills, mortgage bills of sale, tax returns, and newspaper advertisements, this authoritative study describes the nature of African-American slaveholding, its complexity, and its rationales. It reveals how some African-American slave masters had earned their freedom and how some free Blacks purchased slaves for their own use. The book provides a fresh perspective on slavery in the antebellum South and underscores the importance of African Americans in the history of American slavery. The book also paints a picture of the complex social dynamics between free and enslaved Blacks, and between Black and white slaveowners. It illuminates the motivations behind African-American slaveholding--including attempts to create or maintain independence, to accumulate wealth, and to protect family members--and sheds light on the harsh realities of slavery for both Black masters and Black slaves. • BLACK SLAVEOWNERS--Shows how some African Americans became slave masters • MOTIVATIONS FOR SLAVEHOLDING--Highlights the motivations behind African-American slaveholding • SOCIAL DYNAMICS--Sheds light on the complex social dynamics between free and enslaved Blacks • ANEBELLUM SOUTH--Provides a perspective on slavery in the antebellum South

The free Negro in Virginia before the Civil War was a by-product of slavery. During one period he was granted certain civil rights and had many economic opportunities; at another period these rights were withdrawn and the opportunities were diminished. The span of time in which the free Negro is thought to have suffered the most severe restrictions is that treated in this study, from 1830 to 1860. During this period limitations were many, but they were largely legal and political. Favorable economic conditions mitigated the force of the law and enabled the free Negroes to advance along with the general upward movement in the state. The advancement made by the free Negro, in spite of the law, is the theme of this study. -- Introduction.

By: Carter G. Woodson, Phd., Pub. 1925, Reprinted 2021, 354 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-668-1. This book will make a great addition to any ones collection of research books especially when it concerns Afro-American Genealogy. This book contains the names of the Head of Household along with their approximate age, gender, and number of persons within his or her family. Information is broken down by state and then into counties. The 53 page introduction includes sections devoted to preventing the increase of the Free Negroes, the Free Negro before the Law, economic achievement along with other information concerning the Free Negro. The index for this book identifies over 40,000 individuals.