Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Teachers Working Hard in the National Archives in Kansas City
Here's a few of my "projects" that came out of teacher discussions on Monday and Tuesday via the follow-up email I sent them:
We were talking about slave bill of sales today and here is some information I found online tonight that will provide more context and historical background as well as numerous other primary sources.
Bill of Sale (from MA) – Slave
http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=7799
Missouri State Archives – Teaching with Documents – Bill of Sale
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/education/teaching/modocs7.asp
note the link to download the document
Estate Bill of Sale (includes slaves) – Missouri State Archives
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/education/teaching/modocs9.asp
note the link to download the document
Bill of Sale – Rose, MO
http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/BillOfSale-1856.html
This is probably from a family genealogist
African Americans in Missouri
http://www.missouri-slave-data.org/
lots of info on slavery in Missouri – background looks good; genealogy site
Slave Compensation Cases
http://www.missouri-slave-data.org/slavecases.html
“This information was found at the National Archives - Central Plains Regional Branch in Kansas City, MO. What follows are excerpts of slave compensation cases from Record Group (RG) 21, Records of the U.S. District Court - Kansas. Under the provisions of section 24, Acts of Congress of 24 February, 1864, and 28 July, 1866, slaveholders in States not in rebellion could be compensated by the U.S. Government for slaves who enlisted in the Union Army. The claims do not necessarily contain standardized information. Original cases contain a variety of documentation, including bills of sale, copies of wills, army surgeons records and many other valuable and interesting items.”
This is a GREAT DESCRIPTION of what you would find there.
Slavery in Missouri
http://www.centerplace.org/history/misc/soc/soc14.htm
Another genealogy site but looks like some good info
Biographical Notes – Emancipated Slave (Missouri)
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cappscreek/lewisroberson.html
more good genealogy stuff – this has a good story and illustrates how the documents tell the story
Go to http://www.kansasterritorialonline.org and search for slave bill of slave and you will get some hits
Slavery: Brooklyn in the Civil War
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/civilwar/cw_doc_slavery.html
LOTS Of great primary sources – not just a Brooklyn site!!
Slavery in Missouri, 1804-1865
http://www.dinsdoc.com/trexler-1-1.htm
reprint of 3 chapters of a 1914 book on Missouri slavery
>From Slavery to Civil Rights: A Timeline of African-American History
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/civilrights/learn_more.html
>From Library of Congress American Memory
The African-American Presence in Kansas City, Kansas
http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/kscoll/people/dorcas.htm
good primary sources from the KCK public library, includes a bill of sale
Gleaning Information from Slave Schedules
http://www.aagsnc.org/columns/oct99gems.htm
How to find and use slavery information from genealogy records
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One teacher also asked about the Pratt Whitney info I brought up online earlier this week at Greenbush. You will find lots of civil rights info if you go into ARC (www.archives.gov) and go the yellow search button, click on digital copies, click on Kansas City, and then put Pratt Whitney in the search engine. All kinds of useful documents appear
We were talking about slave bill of sales today and here is some information I found online tonight that will provide more context and historical background as well as numerous other primary sources.
Bill of Sale (from MA) – Slave
http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=7799
Missouri State Archives – Teaching with Documents – Bill of Sale
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/education/teaching/modocs7.asp
note the link to download the document
Estate Bill of Sale (includes slaves) – Missouri State Archives
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/education/teaching/modocs9.asp
note the link to download the document
Bill of Sale – Rose, MO
http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/BillOfSale-1856.html
This is probably from a family genealogist
African Americans in Missouri
http://www.missouri-slave-data.org/
lots of info on slavery in Missouri – background looks good; genealogy site
Slave Compensation Cases
http://www.missouri-slave-data.org/slavecases.html
“This information was found at the National Archives - Central Plains Regional Branch in Kansas City, MO. What follows are excerpts of slave compensation cases from Record Group (RG) 21, Records of the U.S. District Court - Kansas. Under the provisions of section 24, Acts of Congress of 24 February, 1864, and 28 July, 1866, slaveholders in States not in rebellion could be compensated by the U.S. Government for slaves who enlisted in the Union Army. The claims do not necessarily contain standardized information. Original cases contain a variety of documentation, including bills of sale, copies of wills, army surgeons records and many other valuable and interesting items.”
This is a GREAT DESCRIPTION of what you would find there.
Slavery in Missouri
http://www.centerplace.org/history/misc/soc/soc14.htm
Another genealogy site but looks like some good info
Biographical Notes – Emancipated Slave (Missouri)
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cappscreek/lewisroberson.html
more good genealogy stuff – this has a good story and illustrates how the documents tell the story
Go to http://www.kansasterritorialonline.org and search for slave bill of slave and you will get some hits
Slavery: Brooklyn in the Civil War
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/civilwar/cw_doc_slavery.html
LOTS Of great primary sources – not just a Brooklyn site!!
Slavery in Missouri, 1804-1865
http://www.dinsdoc.com/trexler-1-1.htm
reprint of 3 chapters of a 1914 book on Missouri slavery
>From Slavery to Civil Rights: A Timeline of African-American History
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/civilrights/learn_more.html
>From Library of Congress American Memory
The African-American Presence in Kansas City, Kansas
http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/kscoll/people/dorcas.htm
good primary sources from the KCK public library, includes a bill of sale
Gleaning Information from Slave Schedules
http://www.aagsnc.org/columns/oct99gems.htm
How to find and use slavery information from genealogy records
--------------------
One teacher also asked about the Pratt Whitney info I brought up online earlier this week at Greenbush. You will find lots of civil rights info if you go into ARC (www.archives.gov) and go the yellow search button, click on digital copies, click on Kansas City, and then put Pratt Whitney in the search engine. All kinds of useful documents appear
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