Free Negro and Slave Records

Free Negro and Slave Records consist of certificates of freedom, apprenticeship indentures, bills of sale for slaves, discharges from servitude, Free Negro lists, insolvent lists, manumissions, slave lists, residency papers and lists of slaves going at large.

The records contained in this database are from original papers at the Fredericksburg Circuit Court. Additional Free Negro and/or Slave information may be found in court records.

A searchable Free Negro / Slave record database can be accessed by name and/or subject.

Disclaimer: Data provided by Historic Court Records is not official and is provided by the Historic Court Records site for genealogical and historical research purposes only. All data contained herein should be verified by obtaining a copy of the original record.