United States
Census Slave Schedules
Slave
Schedules were used in two U.S. Federal
Censuses: The 1850 U.S. Federal
Census and the 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Slaves
were usually not named,
but enumerated separately and usually only
numbered under the slave
owner's name.
Contents
1850 and 1860
schedules
- City, town, or sub
district of slave owner
- Name of slave owner
- NO NAMES OF SLAVES
(occasionally names were listed)
- Number of slaves owned
- Age, sex, color
- Fugitive from state?
- Number of slaves
manumitted (released from slavery)
- Deaf,dumb (mute),
blind, insane, or idiotic?
1860 added one
additional question:
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Value
- Name
-- Sometimes an enumerator chose to list the
first names of individual
slaves. Each countywide slave schedule must be
searched to see if there
are names of slaves or not.
- Number -- The number of slaves
enumerated could help determine if the owner
had a plantation or not, and size.
- The ages of the slaves and sex
is shown, if you are searching for a specific
family of former slaves this may make a
perfect match in ages and sexes. It will help
to sift out more clues.
1850
1850 Slave Schedules
1850
Slave schedules were used for Alabama, Arkansas,
Delaware, District of
Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi,
Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah Territory, Virginia.
1860
1860 Slave Schedules
1860
Slave schedules were used for Alabama, Arkansas,
Delaware, District of
Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi,
Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah
Territory, Virginia.
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