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African American Research Pack (SC)
Work with care. Records of enslavement are traumatic and incomplete—combine sources and cite everything.
Suggested order
- Home sources & oral history
- 1870+ census clusters
- Freedmen’s Bureau / labor / military (USCT)
- Church, burial societies, schools
- Plantation/probate context for pre-1865 (when available)
Key free portals
- /guides/african-american
- https://lowcountryafricana.com/
- https://archives.ncdcr.gov/
- FamilySearch wiki — African American Resources for SC
- /directory (Avery Research Center, libraries, societies)
Coastal Plain counties to open first
Charleston · Beaufort · Georgetown · Colleton · Berkeley — plus parents/neighbors on each hub.
Session note
Surname variants: _________________ Plantation/community: _________________
Census years done: ________ Bureau packets: ________ Churches: ________