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  2. 1870 United States census - Wikipedia

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    The 1870 United States census was the ninth United States census. It was conducted by the Census Office from June 1, 1870, to August 23, 1871. The 1870 census was the first census to provide detailed information on the African American population, only five years after the culmination of the Civil War when slaves were granted freedom. The total ...

  3. She hoped to learn more about her enslaved ancestors. A trip ...

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    Census records from 1870 showed Jerry and Myra Mills stayed in the Spartanburg area post-emancipation, where they legalized their marriage in 1866 – a right not allowed them when they were enslaved.

  4. List of members of the United States Congress who owned ...

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    Johnson owned a few slaves and was supportive of James K. Polk's slavery policies. As military governor of Tennessee, he convinced Abraham Lincoln to exempt that area from the Emancipation Proclamation. Johnson went on to free all his personal slaves on August 8, 1863. [7] On October 24, 1864, Johnson officially freed all slaves in Tennessee. [8]

  5. John J. Poindexter - Wikipedia

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    Simon was described as slow of speech and "badly scarred on the back from having been whipped." Poindexter offered a reward of $25 if Simon was returned or deposited in any of the city jails. [16] In 1860 John J. Poindexter appeared in the federal census of New Orleans with occupation "slave depot," and personal property worth $40,000.

  6. Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States

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    b ^ While all Native Americans in the United States were only counted as part of the (total) U.S. population since 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau previously either enumerated or made estimates of the non-taxed Native American population (which was not counted as a part of the U.S. population before 1890) for the 1860–1880 time period.

  7. List of slave owners - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The following is a list of notable people who owned other people as slaves, where there is a consensus of historical evidence of slave ownership, in alphabetical order by last name. Part of a series on Forced labour and slavery Contemporary ...

  8. Category:1870 censuses - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1870 censuses" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. 1870 census of Manitoba; U.

  9. N. C. Trowbridge - Wikipedia

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    Nelson Clement Trowbridge (July 8, 1815 – April 23, 1879), usually doing business as N. C. Trowbridge, was an American businessman who worked as both a merchant and farmer in Poughkeepsie, New York, and a slave trader in the Deep South for approximately 25 years prior to the American Civil War.