Category: Free Persons of Color

An 1818 Interracial Marriage in Liberty County, Georgia

May 16, 2022

By Stacy Ashmore Cole (5/16/2022) Edited on 5/18/2022: Changed the paragraph on manumissions to show that it was still possible to manumit enslaved people by

Free Persons of Color Cluster in 1850 Census

April 6, 2019

In the 1850 U.S. Federal Census for Liberty County, Georgia, 15th District, there was an unusual cluster of women of color listed with last names,

Free Persons of Color: 1852-1864

April 5, 2019

The following is from a register called “Enrollment of Free Persons of Color” for the years 1852 through 1864 which has been digitized and is

They Had Names

Category: Free Persons of Color

An 1818 Interracial Marriage in Liberty County, Georgia

Free Persons of Color Cluster in 1850 Census

Free Persons of Color: 1852-1864

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