Category: Database

Virginia Untold Archival Collection

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Virginia Untold: the African American Narrative provides digital access to records that document some of the lived experiences of enslaved and free Black and multiracial people in the Library of Virginia’s collections. Traditional description, indexing, transcription, and digitization are major parts of this effort. However, and perhaps more importantly, this project seeks to encourage conversation [...]

Slave Data Collection

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Records kept by the slave owner are frequently the only clue to our ancestors, particularly during the period 1619-1869. The site was designed to assist the African ancestor's researchers throughout the Diaspora to find a path to the last slaveholder or the suspected last slaveholder. The site is also designed to assist descendants of slaveholders [...]

The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery Database

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"Colonial slavery shaped modern Britain and we all still live with its legacies. The slave-owners were one very important means by which the fruits of slavery were transmitted to metropolitan Britain. Research and analysis of this group are key to understanding the extent and the limits of slavery's role in shaping British history and leaving [...]

Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records

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Registers of the Office for the Registry of Colonial Slaves, 1813 to 1834, most of which are indexed under the names of the owners or plantations; and records of the Slave Compensation Commission, comprising the proceedings of the assistant commissioners who were sent to the several colonies, valuers' returns, registers of claims with indexes, original [...]

Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834

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In 1807 The Abolition of Slave Trade Act came into force. The act made the trade in slaves from Africa to the British colonies illegal. To combat illicit transportation following this act many of the British Colonies began keeping registers of black slaves who had been so-called “lawfully enslaved”. In 1819 the Office for the [...]

Colonial Africa in Official Statistics, 1821-1953 ” Blue Books”

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"The “Scramble for Africa” that occurred during the late nineteenth century involved European powers carving up the continent. The United Kingdom controlled the largest portion of territory. British colonial regulations required each colony to submit a “Blue Book” to the Colonial Office on an annual basis. The aim was to standardise statistical reports, primarily those relating to [...]

Sierra Leone Blue Books

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Sierra Leone Blue Books are annual reports compiled by the British colonial administration in Sierra Leone during the colonial period. These reports were typically published in blue covers, hence the name "Blue Books." They provided comprehensive information on various aspects of colonial governance, administration, and socio-economic conditions in Sierra Leone. The contents of Sierra Leone [...]

Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths

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Many descendants of Sierra Leoneans may trace their ancestry back to the resettlement of Black Loyalists who were evacuated to Nova Scotia after the American Revolutionary War. The Nova Scotia Archives could contain records related to these settlers, providing valuable historical context and potential genealogical information. The archives may hold records documenting the arrival and [...]