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Online Records and Documents
Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1718-1820
Database of records pertaining to 100,000 slaves brought to Louisiana.
Digital Library on American Slavery (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
This site contains detailed information on 150,000 individuals, including slaves, free people of color, and whites, drawn from a variety of legal documents.
Records Relating to Slavery, Free People of Color, and Freedmen (New Orleans Public Library)
Guide to genealogical materials in the library's collections.
Slave and Free People of Color Baptismal Records (Archdiocese of New Orleans)
Digital images of church records, mostly in Spanish, 1777-1812.
St. Augustine Catholic Church Cemetery
List of interments at this church founded by Augustin Metoyer, a free person of color.
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record (University of Virginia)
A collection of 1,280 images. Includes a section titled "Domestic Servants and Free People of Color."
Subject Guides and Exhibits
African Americans in New Orleans: Les Gens de Couleur Libres
An online exhibit created in 1999 by the Louisiana Division of the New Orleans Public Library in connection with the 300th anniversary of the French in Louisiana. Includes biographies of prominent free people of color and images of them, their works, and associated places in New Orleans.
BlackPast.org
An online reference guide to African American history.
Creoles and Free People of Color Subject Guide (Amistad Research Center)
Guide to research materials at the nation's oldest, largest and most comprehensive independent archive specializing in the history of African Americans and other Ethnic Minorities.
Organizations and Online Communities
CreoleGen
Website of a group of family historians and genealogists focused on researching and documenting the lives of ethnically diverse Louisiana and Gulf Coast Creole families.
La Creole
Website of the Louisiana Creole Research Association, a New Orleans based non-profit family research organization dedicated to the study of the history and culture of the Creoles of Color of Louisiana through ancestral research, education, and celebration.
Le Musée de f.p.c.
Website of Le Musée de f.p.c., a historic house museum located on Esplanade Avenue in New Orleans. The museum is dedicated exclusively to preserving the material culture of and telling the story of free people of color.
Louisiana Creole Heritage Center (Northwestern State University)
This website hosts the Creole Family History Database, a resource for researching free people of color in the Natchitoches area.
