Thursday, March 5, 2020
Civil War slave laborers
The National Archives has digitized a list of names of slaves who labored on behalf of the Confederate army in the Civil War, mostly from Virginia and North Carolina. Although the slaves are listed by their first name only, the name of the owner may provide a clue to their identity. The article includes a link to the data. source: ResearchBuzz
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