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African American Diaspora Resources

African-Native American Website

Examines the history of Oklahoma Freedmen and blended families with African and Native American histories.

AfricanRoots

Host: Angela Y. Walton-Raji
​Podcast contain suggestions, research strategies and books of persons researching African American family history.

Afrigeneas

Website devoted to African American genealogy and research.​​

Blog Talk Radio with Bernice Bennett

Research at the National Archives and Beyond!
Every Thursday, 9:00 PM EST
​Bernice interviews experts who share resources, stories and answer genealogy questions.

Coastwise Slave Manifests, 1820–1858

National Archives: Department of the Treasury. Customs Service. Collection District of Charleston, South Carolina. 7/31/1789-1913.
This series consists of inward slave manifests submitted to the Collector of Customs at the Port of Charleston, South Carolina by vessels engaged in coastwise travel.

Howard University's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center Collections

One of the world's largest and most comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the history and cultures of people of African descent in Africa, Americas and other parts of the world.

ReclaimingKin: Taking Back What was Once Lost

Host: Robyn Smith
Shares discoveries, approaches and tools to further research and identify useful resources, repositories, websites and discuss challenges of slavery and slavery research.

Transatlantic Slave Trade Database

Provides information on specific voyages and identifies Africans taken from captured slave ships​.

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