African American Resources for Kansas

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A list of resources for African American research of ancestors who lived in Kansas.

Background
The few slaves that may have been in Kansas before the Civil War may be listed in the [[United States Census Slave Schedule].

Kansas was not highly populated before the Civil War but after the War movement towards the West brought all groups including the African American.


 * [http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/african-americans-in-kansas/15123 African Americans in Kansa
 * [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1109053?availability=Family%20History%20Library Exodusters : black migration to Kansas after reconstructio
 * [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/527638?availability=Family%20History%20Library Blacks in Topeka, Kansas, 1865-1915 : a social histor
 * First Presbyterian Church records, Pleasanton, Kansas, 1869-1900
 * Black towns and profit : promotion and development in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1877-1915
 * [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/696715?availability=Family%20History%20Library Narratives of African Americans in Kansas, 1870-1992 : beyond the Exodust movemen

Cemeteries

 * [http://africanamericancemeteries.com/tx/ African American Cemeteries Onlin

Civil War African Americans
Many of those involved in the Civil War moved west after the War.


 * [http://www.archives.com/experts/hait-michael/researching-african-american-soldiers-of-the-civil-war.html Researching African American Soldiers of the Civil Wa
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_African_Americans_in_the_American_Civil_War Military history of African Americans in the American Civil Wa
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_African_Americans Military history of African American
 * [http://blog.genealogybank.com/nicodemus-kansas-the-history-of-americas-black-towns.html Nicodemus, Kansas: the History of America’s Black Town

Genealogical Research
[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/black-genealogy/kansas-african-american-genealogy.htm Kansas African American Genealog

Genealogical Library and Society

 * [http://www.kgs-genlibrary.com/ The Kansas Genealogical Society &amp; Online Librar
 * [[Wichita Public Library Genealogy Cente]

Libraries

 * Kansas City Public Library Genealogy Link
 * [http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/about-midwest-genealogy-center Mid-Content Public Library-Midwest Genealogy Cente

Oral Histories

 * [http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/oralhistory/ Lawrence Douglas County, Kansas

African American Oral History Interview

Schools

 * [http://www.kckps.org/disthistory/dist-history/ethnic_history/african_american/aah_index.htm The History of our Public Schools

Wyandotte County, Kansa 1844-2014


 * [http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/african-americans-in-kansas/15123 African Americans in Kansa
 * [http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/african-american-teachers-in-kansas/11995 African American Teachers in Kansa

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