Resources on Freedmen Records
Personal Freedman’s Bank book issued by the Tallahassee branch, ca. late 1860s to early 1870s
Courtesy of the University of Georgia
Freedman's Savings and Trust Company records contain detailed information about bank customers, including their names, the names of their relatives, their age, who enslaved them, where they lived before, their complexion, and their occupations. Many resources are available online to aid in the research of these records.
Click on the links below to explore these materials.
- Family Search online database with more than 67,000 people who opened accounts at the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company branches.
- University of Georgia's Freedman's Bank Research website provides high-quality images of individual Freedman's Bank deposit books that are housed in the National Archives.
- The State Library and Archives of Florida have digitized The Jefferson County freedmen's contracts.
