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Kentucky Data & Resource Collection
These records have data that include several counties in
Kentucky
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KY African American Coal Miners
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Published
Resources
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A History of Blacks
in Kentucky: From Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891; Author:
Marion B Lucas - History - 2003 - 430 pages; Publisher:
University Press of Kentucky;
A History of Blacks in Kentucky
traces the role of blacks from the early exploration and
settlement of Kentucky to 1891, when African Americans gained
freedom only to be faced with a segregated society. Making
extensive use of numerous primary sources such as slave diaries,
Freedmen's Bureau records, church minutes, and collections of
personal papers, the book tells the stories of individuals,
their triumphs and tragedies, and their accomplishments in the
face of adversity. Distributed for the KENTUCKY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
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