Records that pertain to American Slavery and the International Slave Trade
The following is information found in the records of the National Archives and Records Administration.
It identifies the record group and series, with brief descriptions and locations. It does not provide the
actual documents online. Some of the records are microfilmed, and have been noted.
For further insight, see Walter B. Hill Jr.'s
Prologue article on this topic.
Table of Contents
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I. Congressional Records
- RG 360: Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention
- Sessional Indexes to the Annals of Congress, Vol. 1: 1st through 12th Congresses:
- 1st Congress, March 3, 1789 - March 3, 1791
- 2nd Congress, October 24, 1791 - March 2, 1793
- 3rd Congress, Dec. 2, 1793 - March 3, 1795
- 4th Congress, December 7, 1795 - March 3, 1797
- 5th Congress May 15, 1791 - March 3, 1799
- 6th Congress, December 2, 1799 - March 3, 1801
- 7th Congress, December 1801 - March 3, 1803
- 8th Congress, October 17, 1803 - March 3, 1805
- 9th Congress, December 2, 1805 - March 3, 1807
- 10th Congress, October 26, 1807 - March 3, 1809
- 11th Congress, May 22, 1809 - March 3, 1811
- 12th Congress November 4, 1811 - March 3, 1813
- Sessional Indexes to the Annals of Congress, Vol. 2: 13th through 18th Congress 1st Session:
- Sessional Indexes of the Annals of Congress, Vol. 3: 18th Congress 2nd Session through 25th Congress 1st Session
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RG 233: Records of the United States House of Representatives
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II. Civil Records
- RG 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census (crop schedules)
- RG 36: Records of the United States Customs Service, 1745 - 1982
- RG 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior
- RG 55: Records of the Government of the Virgin Islands
- RG 59: General Records of the Department of State
- Index to United States Documents Relating to Foreign Affairs 1828-1861
- RG 60: General Records of the Department of Justice
- RG 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration
- RG 76: Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitration
- RG 206: Records of the Solicitor of the Treasury
- RG 217: Records of the United States General Accounting
- RG 287: Publications of the U.S. Government, 1790-1979
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RG 366: Records of Civil War Special Agencies of the Treasury Department
- III. Military Records
- IV. Judicial Records