African American Collection

Documents relating to the American Colonization Society, 1792-1964, an organization best known for its role in founding Liberia. more

NARA M1753. Court records pertaining to the claims of salvage for the Spanish schooner "Amistad," seized in 1839 by the US Navy. more

NARA M2012. This Supreme Court case deals with issues of salvage of the "Amistad," a ship carrying slaves seized by the US Navy in 1839. more

Letters and related documents from those involved in the anti-slavery movement in Massachusetts, dated approximately 1830-1870. more

NARA M520. Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862-63. more

NARA M1659. These are records of one of the first black Union regiments formed in the Civil War. more

NARA M433. Records of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Relating to Slaves, 1851-63, including emancipation and manumission papers. more

NARA M1883. These records cover the institution of slavery and the emancipation of slaves in the Virgin Islands during Danish rule, 1672-1917. more

NARA T1121. Slave schedules from among the Records of the Spanish Governors of Puerto Rico, 1872. more

NARA M160. Letters and other documents relating to the suppression of the African slave trade and the colonization of recaptured and free Negroes. more

South Carolina court records relating to estate and personal assets. more