African American Resources

The Louisiana culture has treated African Americans somewhat differently than the rest of the country. While they were slaves at some point in history, the African Americans fell into the common class system earlier than the rest of the country; and you found inter-racial relations to be more publicly accepted and white counterparts more openly supporting their offspring--further validating the class ranking.

What follows are a list of resources for genealogists with African American roots in Louisiana. A handful of them are useful for researchers with African American roots anywhere.

LARGE SLAVEHOLDERS OF 1860 and AFRICAN AMERICAN SURNAME MATCHES FROM 1870
listed by county and state
 
Christine's Genealogy (very generalist--not Louisiana or time-specific)