When the United States banned the importation of enslaved Africans in 1808, demand for enslaved labor did not stop—it shifted. The domestic slave trade flourished,
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Slaves in Ship Manifests
Ship manifests are invaluable tools for genealogists, but they are also sobering records of one of humanity’s darkest chapters—the transatlantic slave trade. From the 16th
South Central Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists 