INTERNATIONAL
ARCHIVES MUSEUMS LIBRARIES
WITH AFRICAN SLAVERY HOLDINGS
BY COUNTRY
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COLUMBIAN
MUSEUM & SAVANNAH ADVERTISER; TUESDAY
19 APRIL 1796 PG 3 COL. 4
25 DOLLARS
REWARD—Ran
away from the subscriber's plantation, on Savannah Back River, a few days ago, the
following NEGROES, viz: A Negro man, named SAMPSON, lately
purchased of Capt. John Dilworth, of Camden County, in this State; he is full 6 feet high,
very black, his head pretty grey, walks upright, is supposed to be between 40
and 50 years of age, and formerly belonged to the estate of the late Henry
Sourby; he is well known in the southern parts of this State, being used to
go between St. Mary's and Savannah, in a boat with Mr. Dilworth,
and it’s supposed to be gone to St. Mary's, Beaufort, or some of the Sea Islands,
as he went away in a small Canoe.--Also, from the same Plantation about the
same time, a young Negro Fellow, named SIMON, also very black,
active and artful; about twenty years of age, near six feet tall, very likely,
strong and well made, is apt to flutter a little, if surprized or sharply
spoken to, born in South Carolina, and purchased by me,
together with his mother, brother and sisters, of the estate of Col.
Joseph Maybank of St. Thomas's Parish in that State, where it is
probable he may attempt to go; it is said he has a wife either at Mr.
Campbell's plantation, adjoining mine, or at Dr. Channings on
Savannah River. A Reward of Twenty DOLLARS, will be paid for apprehending
and delivering Sampson to me in Savannah, and five dollars
for Simon. If either of them are harboured, the person so
doing may expect to be prosecuted. JOHN GLEN. Savannah,
April 18th.
AUSTRALIA –
Nigerians Taken to Australia see:
CANADA –
Black Loyalist: Canada’s Digital
Collection: Black Loyalists - Our History, Our People: http://blackloyalist.com/
Nova Scotia Museum:
http://novascotia.ca/museum/blackloyalists/resources.htm
Old School
House Museum – Birchtown, Nova
Scotia Canada:
CUBA – Viñales Valley, Cafetal Angerona,
Rule-Guanabacoa, Castle of San Severino, Trinidad and the Valley of Wits,
Ruins of Ingenio, The Demajagua, Mining town and Preserve Copper, The Tumba Francesa East of
Charity, Archaeological Landscape of the first Coffee
plantations in southeastern
Cuba
If you haven't already done so, the first place to look for Cuban family trees is the 9-volume Historia de Familias Cubanas by the noted Cuban genealogist Francisco Javier de Santa Cruz y Maillen, Count of Jaruco. For a list of the surname chapter headings of this work and information on how to get copies of the full text of the entries click the above link.
Enciclopedia Heráldica y Genealógica Hispano-Americana -The second place to look for Cuban family trees is the 88-volume Enciclopedia Heráldica y Genealógica Hispano-Americana by the Spanish genealogists Alberto and Arturo Garcia Carraffa. These cover mostly names starting with the letters A-U only, since the authors both died before completing the Encyclopedia. There are, however, some names listed that start with the letters V-Z. An on-line interactive index to the surnames appearing in this work has been prepared by the US Library of Congress and is available by clicking on the following
Index. The Index also lists names appearing in the Mogrobejo work described below and also lists various libraries in the United States that have the Carraffa Encyclopedia in their collection.
A printed index to the surname headings of the Carraffa Encyclopedia appears in the 1966 book Hispanic Surnames and Family History by Lyman D. Platt (ISBN: 0-8063-1480-X) which you can get from your local library on interlibrary loan or purchase in many genealogical book stores.
Click on the link at the head of this Section for full details on the Carraffa Encyclopedia and information on where to get copies of the actual chapter entries.
These books, by the contemporary basque genealogist and publisher Endika de Mogrobejo, continue the Carraffa Encyclopedia starting alphabetically with the surname "Urriza". To date 12 volumes have been announced, although only the first 6 volumes seem to be currently available. Click on the above link for the alphabetic range of surnames covered in each volume. The US Library of Congress on-line interactive
Index to the Carraffa Encyclopedia described previously also includes the surnames appearing in the first 6 volumes of this work. The entries corresponding to the Endika de Mogrobejo work are indicated by volume numbers preceded by an "E".
These books can be obtained on interlibrary loan, purchased directly from Spain via the Internet, or purchased at the
Ediciones Universal bookstore in Miami. Be warned that the books are large in size, leather bound and rather expensive.
CHINA –
DENMARK -
Nationalmuseet – Copenhagen:
www.natmus.dk/sw1210.asp
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Community El Naranjo, Wit Cepi-CEPI, Ingenio Boca Nigua, Ingenio Diego Caballero, Ermita de San Gregorio, Brotherhood of the Congos of the Holy Spirit of Villa Mella
British Museum’s Schools education program www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
London Sugar and Slavery Museum - London England:
National Archives of England:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Museum of St. Helena. Jamestown,
St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean: http://www.museumofsainthelena.org/
Museums für Völkerkunde – Leipzig: www.mvl-grassimuseum.de
in Germany (translated page
below) Benin Bronze in
Collection:
translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.culturall.de/kultur/leipzig/museen/voelkerkundemuseum.leipzig/voelkerkundemuseum.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DMuseums%2Bf%25C3%25BCr%2BV%25C3%25B6lkerkunde%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2BLeipzig:%26es_sm%3D93
GHANA –
Museum of Nzema Culture and
History - Fort Apollonia: www.ghanamuseums.org/nzema-culture-museum.ph
The National Museum, Accra:
www.ghanamuseums.org/national-museum.php
St. George’s Castle (Elmina Castle) Museum:
http://www.ghanamuseums.org/forts/fort-st-george-castle.php
The Cape Coast Castle
Museum: www.ghanamuseums.org/cape-coast-museum.php
Upper East Regional Museum - Bolgatanga:
http://uppereastregionalmuseum.ghana0.com/
Ussher Fort Museum – Accra, Ghana:
http://www.ghanamuseums.org/forts/fort-ussher.php
HATI –
National
Archive of Haiti: http://archivesnationales.gouv.ht/fr/index.php (English version)
La Citadelle, Ramiers Sans et Sousi, Habitation Poy la générale, Júmecourt, Santo, Guillou, Gérard Camp
April 7, 2008 Portal of Culture of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Publication in multimedia format on Sites of Memory "Slave Route" in the Latin Caribbean already has a Web version in Section devoted to "The Slave Route" from the "Portal of Culture of Latin America and the Caribbean" , which is accessed through the address:
www.lacult.org/sitios_memoria/index.php?lan=es .
Launched recently in Havana, Cuba, published jointly by the UNESCO / Havana and UNESCO / Port-au-Prince Offices, offers comprehensive information about the 25 Sites of Memory "Slave Route" identified in Aruba, Cuba Haiti and Dominican Republic, four of them belonging to the World Heritage List and two included in the list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/dialogue/the-slave-route
Världskultur
Museerna:
https://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/en/etnografiskamuseet/research-collections/collections/africa/benin-city/
IRELAND –
National Archives of Ireland:
www.nationalarchives.ie/ has
searchable databases with information on Irish Prisoners shipped to Australia
MALI -
Timbuktu: www.tombouctoumanuscripts.org
Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Learning and Islamic
Research (IHERI-AB) Government of Mali
– Holdings of over 30,000 manuscripts. The government of Mali had instituted
the Ahmed Baba Centre for Documentation and Research (CEDRAB-the abbreviated
title it is generally referred to in French) in Timbuktu in 1973. The origins of the Centre go back to a meeting
convened by UNESCO, in 1967 in Timbuktu.
The Mamma Haidara Memorial Library Abdel Kader Haidara, custodian of Mamma Haidara
Library. The Mamma Haidara Library was started by Abdul Kader Haidara,
former employee of the Ahmed Baba Institute (IHERI-AB). After leaving the
Centre he devoted all of his time and energy to preserve his own family’s
manuscript collection and was successful in setting up the Mamma Haidara
Memorial Library, which was the first of its kind in Mali.
The
Haidara family is renowned for its scholars and judges. Abdul Kader’s father,
Mamma Haidara, was not only a Qadi (judge), but also a scholar who
taught classical Islamic sciences such as Jurisprudence and Arabic Grammar. His personal library dates back to the 16th century and is one of the largest
and oldest collections in the city.
This
library was established by Mamma Haidara’s forebear, Mohamed El Mawlud, and was
handed down to his descendants, generation after generation. Mamma Haidara
added to it substantially, buying manuscripts while studying in Egypt and Sudan. He also studied under local scholars in the village
learning Centres of Arawan and Boujbeyha, procuring manuscripts there as well.
In addition to his Timbuktu library, Mamma Haidara had also established an
archive in the village of Bamba. Abdul Kader began cataloguing his inherited
collection and was assisted by the al-Furqan Heritage Foundation in London, which agreed to publish his catalogue. Currently four
of the projected five volumes in the catalogue have been published.
The Timbuktu Andalusian Library (Fondo Ka’ti) Fondo
Ka'ti Library
The Biblioteca Andalusi de Tombuctu, less elaborately referred to as the Fondo Ka’ti
Library was officially opened on September 27 2003, with generous funding from
the Spanish government
because of the links of the Ka’ti family, the founders of the library, with
Spain. The library was started by Ismael Diadié Haidara, descendent of Mahmud
Ka’ti, the famous Timbuktu chronicler renowned for his Ta'rikh al-Fattash.
Ismael claims that his paternal family descends from Roderique the Goth, the
Christian ruler of Spain at the time of the arrival of the Arabs under the
leadership of Tariq ibn Ziyad. The Christian rulers were split over whether to
welcome the Arabs or to oppose them and he explains that his ancestors welcomed
the Arabs and were amongst the first to embrace Islam. His ancestor ‘Ali ibn
Ziyad finally left Andalusia in the 1460’s and settled in the village of
Goumbou, on the border of Mauritania and Mali. ‘Ali ibn Ziyad married Khadija,
sister to the Songhai ruler, Askia Muhammad. In this way Spanish, Arab and African
lineages were mingled and finally found abode in Timbuktu.
The al-Wangari Manuscript Library al-Wangari Library
The al-Wangari
Manuscript Library was officially opened on September 26 2003 and is
overseen by Mukhtar bin Yayha al-Wangari. The library consists of approximately
3000 manuscripts and is based on the original library of Shaykh Muhammad
Baghayogho, a distinguished 16th-century shaykh and jurist originally from the
town of Jenne.
This collection contains many works by Sudanese and Moroccan scholars. The
oldest document consists of copied parts of the Qur’an and is dated to 1695.
Besides religious texts, it also contains some important historical documents.
The library was established sometime between Shaykh Baghayogho al-Wangari’s
settlement in Timbuktu and his death in 1594. Although the library was
preserved by the shaykh’s son and then several generations after him, it
ultimately dissolved over time. The manuscripts were scattered amongst various
family members in Jenne, Goundam and also Timbuktu.
It was
through the efforts of Mukhtar bin Yayha al-Wangari that a comprehensive
attempt to recollect these manuscripts was made. Through research involving
oral testimony and primary written documentation, as well as meetings with the
entire family, he managed to revive Shaykh Muhammad Baghayogho’s library.
Tombouctou Manuscripts Project is supported by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung (https://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/foundation) and the
University of Cape Town (http://www.uct.ac.za/).
Badagry Slave Port: www.freemaninstitute.com/nigeria.htm
Currency
Museum of the Central Bank of Nigeria
– Abuja, Nigeria: http://www.cenbank.org/museum/index.html
Goethe Museum – Lagos Nigeria: http://www.goethe.de/ins/ng/lag/enindex.htm?wt_sc=lagos
National Commission for Museums and Monuments - Nigeria: www.ncmm.gov.ng
National
Museum of Benin - Benin City,
Nigeria:
Nike Center
for Art and Culture – Lagos Nigeria: www.nikeart.com
Paul University – Awka, Nigeria:
http://www.pauluniversity.edu.ng/
Scala
Archives:
http://www.scalarchives.com/web/ricerca_risultati.asp?SC_Luogo=National+Museum%2C+Lagos%2C+Nigeria&prmset=on&SC_PROV=RA&SC_Lang=eng
Tada National
Museum – Lagos, Nigeria:
http://www.scalarchives.com/web/ricerca_risultati.asp?SC_Luogo=National+Museum%2C+Lagos%2C+Nigeria&prmset=on&SC_PROV=RA&SC_Lang=eng
The Center for Black and
African Art and Civilization – Port Harcourt, Nigeria: www.cbaac77.com/
NORWAY -
SERBIA -
Museum of African
Art
– Belgrade: http://www.museumofafricanart.org/en/
SWEDEN -
Folken Museum Etnografiska – Stockholm:
www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/en/etnografiskamuseet/research-collections/collections/africa/
Medelhavsmuseet - Stockholm:
www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/en/medelhavsmuseet/
Museum of Ethnography has over 30,000 objects from the African continent, spread across more
than 900 collections. As many as 47 of Africa's current 54 states are
represented.
Världskulturmuseet – O
stasiatiskamuseet:
http://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/en/ostasiatiskamuseet/
“In 1897, the British captured Benin City in eastern Nigeria, dethroned the
Nigerian King and emptied his royal palace of its treasures. Over 2,000
artefacts were shipped to England to be auctioned off in order to pay for the
war against Benin, Nigeria. When arriving in Europe, the bronze statutes were
seen as war trophies and curiosities. However, they were soon to be recognized
as masterpieces of art.” To read more
follow the link below.
SWITZERLAND - \
Museum Rietberg – Zurich:
www.rietberg.ch/en-gb/collection.aspx “The Museum Rietberg Zurich is the only art museum for non-European
cultures in Switzerland exhibiting an internationally renowned collection of
art from Asia, Africa and Ancient America.”
Museum der Kulturen – Basel:
www.mkb.ch/de/home.html
www.mkb.ch/de/museum/sammlung.html
“Their collection inventory with more than 300,000 objects is impressive and of
world renown. For generations comprehensive collection priorities emerged with
gems from Europe, Africa, America, Oceania, Indonesia, South, Central and East Asia. Beside ethnographic artifacts was created a
collection of about 50,000 historic photographs. They are also the object as
well as source for research on the object.” Statement from the Museum der
Kulturen.
Musée d'Ethnographie – Neuchâtel:
www.men.ch
“The history of the collections of the Museum of
Ethnography of Neuchâtel (MEN) dates back to the 18th century when, in 1795,
General Charles
Daniel de Meuron gives his cabinet of natural history at the City of
Neuchâtel.….Today, the MEN include some 50,000 objects of which about half is
represented by the African collections: Eastern and Southern Africa; Angola 30's; Sahara and Sahel (Tauregs
and Moors); Gabon”
Statement from the Musee d’Ethnographie.
Neil A.
Frankel:
http://www.slaverysite.com/index.html
UNESCO -
A wide range of
books, manuals and reports about World Heritage for adults and young people are
available for purchase or download on this website, in several languages.
You may
download
and print a free general
information kit about World Heritage in English, French or Spanish from this website, as well as
other brochures and materials.
If you would
like to receive a general information kit or other materials, please send your
name, address and language preference (English, French and Spanish) to the address below.
WORLD Heritage
Centre UNESCO 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France Tel.: 33 (01) 45 68 16 60
Fax: 33 (01) 45 68 55 70 E-mail:
wh-info@unesco.org
Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago,
IL: www.artic.edu
Atlanta History Center - Atlanta,
Georgia: www.atlantahistorycenter.com
Auburn Avenue
Research Library - Atlanta, Georgia: www.afpls.org/auburn-avenue-research-library
Avery
Research Center College of Charleston – Charleston SC:
www. avery.cofc.edu/
Bessie Smith
Arts and Cultural Center –
Chattanooga, TN: http://www.bessiesmithcc.org/
Black Heritage Museum - Tarboro, NC: www.bhmacc.org/
Boston Museum
of Fine Arts - Boston MA: www.mfa.org/
http://news.artnet.com/in-brief/bostons-museum-of-fine-arts-returns-nigerian-artifacts-49225
Brooklyn Museum
– Brooklyn, NY: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/exhibitions/african_art
Catholic Archives of Louisiana: http://archives.arch-no.org/
Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice - Brown University:
http://brown.edu/initiatives/slavery-and-justice/
Cherokee – Museum of the Cherokee –Cherokee NC: www.cherokeemuseum.org
DuSable Museum of African-American History – Chicago, IL: www.dusablemuseum.org
Dutch National Archives – National
Archives of the Netherland: en.nationaalarchief.nl/
Eastern
Illinois University Booth Library – Charleston, IL: http://new.library.eiu.edu/
Fernbank Museum of Natural History – Atlanta, GA: www.fernbankmuseum.org
Five
Civilized Tribe Museum - Muskogee, OK: www.fivetribes.org
Frontier Museum: Staunton VA: www.frontiermuseum.org
Georgia State Archives – Marrow, GA: www.georgiaarchives.org
The Gullah Museum
– Hilton Head, SC: www.gullahmuseumhhi.org
Harriet
Beecher Stowe Home
- Cincinnati, OH: www.stowehousecincy.org
Hubbard House - Ashtabula, OH: www.hubbardhouseugrrmuseum.org
Indianapolis Museum of Art –
Indianapolis, IN: www.imamuseum.org/
Jekyll Island Authority Museum – Jekyll Island, GA:
www.jekyllisland.com/history/musuem/
The Wanderer (ship) left Africa with 500 people and though in
1858, they did not all make it alive to Jekyll Island, it is the last known slave ship to dock on the shores of America.
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia Ferris State University - Big Rapids, MI:
www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/
John Parker
House - Ripley, Ohio: www.johnparkerhouse.org
Kansas Historical Society – Topeka, KS:
www.kshs.org/
Kansas Museum
of History – Topeka, KS: http://kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-museum-of-history/18161
Kelton House - Columbus, OH: www.keltonhouse.com/
Kingdom of
Oyotunji African Village – Sheldon, SC
Massachusetts Historical Society -
www.masshist.org/
Moonstone Arts Center- Philadelphia, PA:
http://www.moonstoneartscenter.org/
The Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston – Boston, MA: www.mfa.org
Museum of African-American History
- Nantucket Island:
http://www.afroammuseum.org/
American Slavery and Slave Trade
Records:
http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/slavery-records-civil.html
National
Great Blacks in Wax Museum – Baltimore, MD:
http://www.greatblacksinwax.org/Exhibits/middle_pass.htm
National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center - Cincinnati, Ohio: www.freedomcenter.org/
National
Museum of African Art: Washington DC: www.africa.si.edu
Oak Alley
Plantation – Vacherie, LA: www.oakalleyplantation.com
Ohio Historical Society’s Archives/Library – Columbus, OH:
www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/archives-library
Old Salem
Village - Old Salem, NC:
www.oldsalem.org/
Pawnee Indian Museum
– Pawnee Trail Republic, KS: http://kshs.org/pawnee_indian
Philip
Simmons Foundation, Inc. – Charleston, SC: www.philipsimmons.us/aboutsimmons.html
Pine Bluff
Arts & Science Center - Pine Bluff, AK: www.asc701.org/
Plantation Quilts:
www.PlantationQuilts.com
Museum of Primitive Art and Culture - Rhode Island:
http://www.primitiveartmuseum.org/Collections.htm
River Road African-American Museum -
Donaldsonville, LA: www.africanamericanmuseum.org
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture & New York Public Library – New York, NY: w
ww.nypl.org/locations/schomburg
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