The Online Catalog allows searching and browsing of information about the Florida State Archives’ holdings of over 48,000 cubic feet of state and local government records and historical manuscripts. The catalog provides descriptions of over 3,400 collections and lists the contents of containers and folders in many of those collections. For assistance with accessing and using State Archives collections, call our Reference Staff at 850.245.6719 or email us at archives@dos.myflorida.com.
Alphabetical by name of state, then chronological by census year (1850, 1860), then alphabetical by county.
Restrictions:
Terms Governing Use:
Biographical/Historical:
A census is a count of persons and their property, usually for taxation purposes. Beginning in 1790, the federal government conducted a census every ten years in all of the states. Slave schedules were conducted in 1850 and 1860.
Summary:
This series consists of microfilm copies of slave schedules from the federal census conducted in 1850 and 1860. These censuses contain the names of the owners, number of slaves, age, sex and color of the slaves. Occasionally the census would include individual names of slaves. The series includes slave schedules for Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia (1860 only), Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey (1850), North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Finding Aids:
Additional Physical Form:
Reproduction Note:
Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates:
Originals held by the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C.
Associated Materials:
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Ownership/Custodial History:
Publication Note:
National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Federal Census, Slave Schedules, 1850; and National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Federal Census, Slave Schedules, 1860.
General Note:
Slave Schedules microfilm is located in the reference room. Please see staff for locations.
Electronic Records Access:
Subject Access Fields:
Slavery Florida Slavery United States
Census records. aat
for detailed listing.