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Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830

This 192-page list of free Negro heads of families was compiled from the 1830 census under the direction of Carter G. Woodson, Ph.D., and published in 1925. It contains the name, age range, family size, and county and state residence of 47,300 individuals in 27 states and one territory.

The original volume is available for viewing at the NEHGS Research Library, call number E185/W877/1925.

Download the 58-page "Brief Treatment of the Free Negro" introduction as a searchable pdf file (3.9 MB).

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Citation Information:

Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830, (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), (Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830, Together with a Brief Treatment of the Free Negro, by Carter G. Woodson, originally pub. by The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc., Washington, DC, 1925).


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