African-American Records
This pamphlet is one in a series designed to assist the genealogical researcher in using the most pertinent of related federal, state, and local governmental records in the possession of the Illinois State Archives and its Illinois Regional Archives Depository system. The purpose of this pamphlet is to inform researchers about the Archives unique holdings of Illinois African-American servitude, emancipation, and military service records from the 18th and 19th centuries.