Hancock County, Tennessee People of Color, 1860 & 1870
Dublin Core
Title
Hancock County, Tennessee People of Color, 1860 & 1870
Subject
Census; African Americans
Description
The following lists have been compiled in order to provide free and easy access to data regarding the population of people of color in Hancock County, Tennessee in the years 1860 and 1870. Although Appalachia has long been considered a (nearly) exclusively white space in popular American imagination, just the opposite was, and is, true. Slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865, months following the close of the Civil War. Therefore, we have chosen to compile lists of Hancock County’s population of color from the census published before and after 1865. Additionally, we have included a list of slaveholders from 1860, as well as the numbers of slaves these individuals claimed on slave schedules.
Creator
United States Census Bureau
Source
Hancock County Courthouse
Publisher
Black in Appalachia
Date
1860 - 1870
Contributor
Kathleen Kelley
Rights
Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes.
Coverage
United States--Tennessee-Hancock County
Collection Items
Families of Color, Hancock County, Tennessee: 1870
1870 United States Census Records of Black & Mulatto residents in Hancock County, Tennessee.
Slave Schedule, Hancock County, Tennessee: 1860
1860 United States Slave Schedule of Hancock County, Tennessee.
Free People of Color, Hancock County, Tennessee: 1860
1860 United States Census Records of Free People of Color in Hancock County, Tennessee.