Are you looking for the name of your ancestor’s slave owner? Have you examined House of Representatives Executive Documents published in the Serial Set? Here is an example of one such record dealing with the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau in which a former slave mentioned the name of her former owner.
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CategoriesAuthorI am a professional genealogist specializing in tracing the lives of African Americans. I earned my Ph.D. in history from the University of Alabama. |