A letter to William Wilberforce … containing remarks on the reports of the Sierra Leone company, and African institution: with hints respecting the means by which an universal abolition of the slave trade might be carried into effect. By Robert Thorpe.


[vc_row gap="35"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A Letter to William Wilberforce ... Containing Remarks on the Reports of the Sierra Leone Company, and African Institution: with Hints Respecting the Means by which an Universal…[...]

An account of the colony of Sierra Leone from its first establishment in 1793 : extract from Report of Directors of Sierra Leone Company, read in London on 17th March, 1794


[vc_row gap="35"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A document that provides details about the founding and early development of the colony of Sierra Leone. It appears to be an extract from a report presented by…[...]

United States policy in Sierra Leone : hearing and public meeting before the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, October 11, 2000.


[vc_row gap="35"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The document you're referring to is a hearing and public meeting held by the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations in the United States…[...]

Federal Records that Help Identify Former Enslaved People and Slave Holders


[vc_row gap="35"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] The National Archives and Records Administration, as the custodian of the permanently valuable records of the U.S. Federal Government, holds a wide variety of records that may…[...]

Black Family Research, Records of Post­Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives


[vc_row gap="35"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] This reference information paper describes three post–Civil War Federal agencies’ records housed at NARA in Washington, DC, and College Park, MD: the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and…[...]

Historical DNA Study Connects Living People to Enslaved and Free African Americans at Early Ironworks


[vc_row gap="35"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Genetic analysis offers new way to reveal relationships, help restore ancestral histories [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] DNA analysis of African Americans buried at an early U.S. iron forge reveals locations…[...]