Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society - Jean Sampson Scott Greater New York Chapter
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Links Beyond Our Borders

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The African trans-Atlantic slave trade that began in the 1500s has created a global African diaspora which to this day makes the task of researching our ancestors a real challenge. The very nature of the slavery which ensued has impacted us deeply when we learn about the horror, pain and suffering both physical and emotional that our ancestors endured.
 
While conducting their family research, our members make discoveries that have directed their search beyond the U.S. borders into Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe and Asia.
 
Here are some helpful links you can use in your research:
 
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Interactive website database gives access to details of thousands of slave trading voyages and other data including maps, videos, animations, essays, etc.:  Slave Voyages
FamilySearch International Genealogical Index
 
 
NORTH AMERICA
Canada
 
 
Mexico
Visiting Halifax, Nova Scotia: If you plan a trip to Halifax, home to residents of African descent dating back to the 1600s and Black Loyalist descendants from the American Revolution, be sure to include a visit to the Black Cultural Center across the bridge in Dartmouth. The travel guide provides information (pgs. 15-18) and you can contact Caroline and Matthew Thomas of Black Heritage Tours (pg. 18) who provide a narrated tour of the area.
Check the Annapolis Heritage Society, Nova Scotia links for valuable information on census records for the Blacks in Granville, the muster roll of 'coloured' members, slave owners' petition, probate records, family bibles, family histories and other miscellaneous documents.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
 
 
 
 
EUROPE
The Black Presence in Pre-20th Century Europe: A Hidden History
Britain
British Migration to the West Indies before 1800
Legacies of British Slave-ownership homepage
The Database
Registry of the enslaved may be found at the Briitish National Archives with a tutorial of this archived website here (no longer updated--see this page for explanation).
SCANDINAVIA