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1860 Chariton County, Missouri Slave Schedules
African American Community of Northeast Missouri, 1880-1960
Afro-Americans in Missouri
American Civil War: Black Missourians in the Civil War (USCT)
Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City
Black Families of the Ozarks
Black Marriage Registry 1865-1874: Pettis County, Missouri
Digital Library on American Slavery (Includes the names of 80,000 individual slaves, often with additional identifying information.)
Free Negroes and Mulattoes (revised ordinances of St. Louis; not the actual lists)
George Washington Carver Birthplace Association
George Washington Carver National Monument
Information Concerning Negro Slaves Extracted From Yancey Family Records
Julius K. Hunter & Friends African American Research Collection: St. Louis County Library
Midwest Afro-American Genealogical Interest Coalition
Missouri African American Genealogy
Missouri Digital Heritage
Missouri Slave/Slave Owner Database
Missouri State Archives: Before Dred Scott, Freedom Suits in Antebellum Missouri
Missouri State Archives: Guide to African American History
Missouri State Archives: Missouri's African American History
Missouri State Archives: Missouri's Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857
Names Mentioned in Records of Colored Marriages Performed by Herman Steines and Frederick W. Steines, J.P.s, 1865-1871 (St Louis, MO)
New Coldwater Burial Ground (African American Cemetery in St Louis, Mo 1886-1949)
Newton County Slave Owners 1840
Role of the Negro in Missouri History, 1719-1970
Slavery in Missouri
Slaves in Early Wills, 1829-1846 (St Louis, MO)
St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, Freedom Suits Case Files, 1814-1860
Timeline of Missouri's African American History
W. E. B. Du Bois Learning Center
WEB DuBois Learning Center

Bibliography

General:
African-American Baptist Annual Reports, 1865-1990s. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1999. Missouri churches and associations. /Microfilm Rolls 55-56/

Bellamy, Donnie Duglie. Slavery, Emancipation, and Racism in Missouri, 1850-1865. Columbia, MO: D. D. Bellamy, 1971. 327p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Notes. /GC 977.8 B414be/

Blattner, Teresa. People of Color: Black Genealogical Records and Abstracts from Missouri Sources. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993. /GC 977.8 B61p V.1-2/

Capeci, Dominic J., Jr. The Lynching of Cleo Wright. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1998. 274p. Appendix. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 977.802 Si29cap/

Coggswell, Gladys Caines. Stories from the Heart: Missouri's African American Heritage. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2009. 141p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Photographs. /GC 977.8 C656s/

Duffner, Robert W. Slavery in Missouri River Counties, 1820-1865. Columbia, MO: R. W. Duffner, 1974. 229p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Notes. /GC 977.8 D873sl/

Frazier, Harriet C. Runaway and Freed Missouri Slavse and Those Who Helped Them, 1763-1865. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2004. 214p. Appendices. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 977.8 F869r/

Frazier, Harriet C. Slavery and Crime in Missouri, 1773-1865. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2001. 324p. Appendices. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Notes. /GC 977.8 F869sl/

Freedmen's Aid Society Records, 1866-1932. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 2000. Published with The Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia. George R. Smith College, Sedalia, MO. /Microfilm Rolls 81-82/

Green, Barbara Layenette. The Slavery Debate in Missouri, 1831-1855. Columbia, MO: B. L. Green, 1980. 247p. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 977.8 G82sl/

Greene, Lorenzo J., Gary R. Kremer and Antonio F. Holland. Missouri's Black Heritage. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1993. Revised edition. 255p. Appendix. Notes. Photographs. /GC 977.8 G83mi/

Grothaus, Larry H. The Negro in Missouri Politics, 1890-1941. Columbia, MO: L. H. Grothaus, 1970. 247p. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 977.8 G915ne/

Hurt, R. Douglas. Agriculture and Slavery in Missouri's Little Dixie. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1992. 334p. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Notes. /GC 977.8 H946ag/

Lee, George R. Slavery North of St. Louis. Canton, MO: Lewis County Historical Society, 1999. 188p. Bibliography. Index. Notes. /GC 977.8 L44sl/

McLaurin, Melton A. Celia, A Slave: A True Story of Violence and Retribution in Antebellum Missouri. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1991. 148p. Bibliography. Index. Notes. /GC 977.801 C13mc/

Missouri 1850 Slave Schedules: Federal Census Index. West Jordan, UT: Genealogical Services, 1988. 388p. /GC 977.8 J12mka/

Parks, Arnold G. Lincoln University, 1920-1970. Columbia, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007. 127p. Bibliography. Photographs. The Campus History Series. /GC 977.802 J35par/

Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks: Series I, Petitions to Southern Legislatures, 1777-1867. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1999. Missouri Petitions. /Microfilm Roll 23/

Rawick, George P., ed. The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography(Arkansas Narratives and Missouri Narratives. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Company, 1972. /GC 976.7 Ar486 Part 7 Sec. 2/

Rawick, George P., ed. The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography(Missouri...Narratives. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Company, 1977. /GC 929.11 Ar486 Sec. 4/

Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, 1969. Microcopy M816. St. Louis. /Microfilm Roll 29/

Shearer, Gary W. The Civil War, Slavery, and Reconstruction in Missouri: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources and Selected Primary Sources. Angwin, CA: G. W. Shearer, 2001. 64p. /GC 977.8 Sh31ci/

Slave Schedules for 1850 - Missouri. Washington, DC: The National Archives, 1964. Microcopy 432. /Microfilm Rolls 422-424/

Slave Schedules for 1860 -- Missouri. Washington, DC: The National Archives, 1967. Microcopy 653. /Microfilm Roll 605/

Stone, Jeffrey C. Slavery, Southern Culture, and Education in Little Dixie, Missouri, 1820-1860. New York: Routledge, 2006. 107p. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Tables. /GC 977.8 St711s/

Wilbur H. Siebert Collection: Microfilm Edition. Columbus, OH: Ohio Historical Society, 2001. Underground Railroad. /Microfilm Roll 6/

Boone County:
O'Dell, Charles A. Black Households in Columbia, Missouri, 1901-1909: A Directory. Columbia, MO: C. A. O'Dell, 1988. 101p. /GC 977.802 C72o/

Callaway County:
Barrow, Loyd M. The Negro Kingdom: Three Generation, The Vanished Colony. Greenville, ME: Moosehead Communications, Inc., 1996. 86p. Charts. Maps. Tables. /GC 977.801 C13barr/

Camden County:
Pope, Neta. Early African-American Families of Camden and Laclede Counties, Missouri. Lebanon, MO: Laclede County Genealogical Society, 2003. 203p. Index. /GC 977.801 C14p/

Cape Girardeau County:
Shrum, Edison E. The Slaves and Slave Owners of Cape Girardeau County. Scott City, MO: E. E. Shrum, 1987. 175p. /GC 977.801 C17sh/

Cooper County:
Bartels, Carolyn M. Cooper County Colored Marriages, 1865-1866. Shawnee Mission, KS: C. M. Bartels, 198-. 11p. Index. /GC 977.801 C78b/

Dade County:
Bloomer, Kathy and Lorraine Adams. Slave Owners of Dade County, Missouri. Greenfield, MO: Dade County Genealogical Society, 2001. 145p. Index. /GC 977.801 D12bla/

West, Goldie, et. al. The Dade County Black History. Greenfield, MO: Dade County Genealogical Society, 19--. 237p. Illustrations. Index. Photographs. /GC 977.801 D12wea/

Daviess County:
Sims, Mary Inglis. Daviess County, Missouri 1850-1860 Slave Owners. Sacramento, CA: M. I. Sims, 1984. 12p. /GC 977.801 D28si/

Jackson County:
Coulter, Charles E. "Take Up the Black Man's Burden:" Kansas City's African American Communities, 1865-1939. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2006. 345p. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Photographs. /GC 977.802 K13co/

Curtis Annette W. Jackson County Missouri in Black & White. Independence, MO: A. W. Curtis, 1995-. Volume One: "Census of Slaves, Their Owners and 'Free Colored' 1850 and 1860." Volume Two: "Jabez Smith: His Slaves, Plantations, Estate, and Heirs." /GC 977.801 J13cua V. 1-2/

Gillis, Delia C. Kansas City. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007. 127p. Bibliography. Photographs. Black America Series. /GC 977.802 K13gi/

Schirmer, Sherry Lamb. A City Divided: The Racial Landscape of Kansas City, 1900-1960. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2002. 261p. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Tables. /GC 977.802 K13ry/

Johnson County:
Gress, Lucille D. An Informal History of Black Families of the Warrensburg, Missouri, Area. Warrensburg, MO: The Mid-America Press, Inc., 1997. 162p. Drawings. Photographs. /GC 977.802 W25g/

Laclede County:
Pope, Neta. Early African-American Families of Camden and Laclede Counties, Missouri. Lebanon, MO: Laclede County Genealogical Society, 2003. 203p. Index. /GC 977.801 C14p/

Marion County:
Prinsloo, Oleta. The Case of "The Dyed-In-The-Wool Abolitionists" in Mark Twain Country, Marion County, Missouri: An Examination of a Slaveholding Community's Response to Radical Abolitionism in the 1830s and 1840s. Columbia, MO: O. Prinsloo, 2003. 417p. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 977.801 M34pr/

Saint Charles County:
Colored Paths: Historic Community Research(Transcriptions of Original Records which Legalized the Marriages of Freed People of Color in St. Charles County, Colored Marriage Records, May 25, 1865 - November 19, 1871. S. l.: RONNA, 1994. 75p. /GC 977.801 Sa21c/

Mallinckrodt, Anita M. Freed Slaves: Ex-Slaves and Augusta, Missouri's Germans During and After the Civil War. Augusta, MO: Mallinckrodt Communications & Research, 1999. 20p. Illustrations. Notes. Missouri Research Roundtable Papers. /GC 977.801 Sa21mala/

Saint Louis County:
Clamorgan, Cyprian. The Colored Aristocracy of St. Louis. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1999. 122p. Bibliography. Index. Notes. /GC 977.802 Sa227by/

Early, Gerald. "Ain't But a Place." An Anthology of African American Writings about St. Louis. St. Louis, Missouri Historical Society Press, 1998. 515p. Bibliography. /GC 977.802 Sa227ai/

Faherty, William Barnaby, S.J. and Madeline Barni Oliver. The Religious Roots of Black Catholics of St. Louis. St. Louis, MO: St. Louis University, 1977. 140p. Bibliography. Notes. /GC 977.802 Sa227eya/

Jack, Bryan M. The St. Louis African American Community and the Exodusters. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2007. 178p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. /GC 977.802 Sa227hy/

Rawlings, Keith. Gone But Not Forgotten: Quinette Cemetery, A Slave Burial Ground Est. 1866. Kirkwood, MO: K. Rawlings, Youth In Action, Inc., 2003. 158p. Bibliography. Illustrations. Photographs. /GC 977.802 K64raw/

Wesley, Doris A., ed. Lift Every Voice and Sing: St. Louis African Americans in the Twentieth Century. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1999. 219p. Photographs. /GC 977.802 Sa227Lit/

Wright, John A. Discovering African-American St. Louis: A Guide to Historic Sites. St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1994. 210p. Bibliography. Index. Photographs. /GC 977.802 Sa227wr/

Wright, John A. Kinloch: Missouri's First Black City. Chicago, IL: Arcadia Publishing, 2000. 128p. Photographs. Black America Series. /GC 977.801 Sa25wr/

Wright, John A., Sr. African Americans in Downtown St. Louis. Chicago, IL: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. 128p. Photographs. Black America Series. /GC 977.802 Sa227wrb/

Wright, John A., Sr. St. Louis: Disappearing Black Communities. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004. 128p. Photographs. Black America Series. /GC 977.802 Sa227wrc/

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