Census Schedules at UGA Libraries: Slave Schedules

The Slave Schedules were filled out as a supplement to the Population Schedules in the years of 1850 and 1860. Data recorded includes...

- name of owner
- number of enslaved persons, enumerated by...
 - - age
 - - sex
 - - color
 - - whether fugitive
 - - whether manumitted
 - - whether 'deaf or dumb, blind, insane, idiotic'
- number of 'slave houses'

The names of individual enslaved persons are not given in the Slave Schedules.  The Federal Mortality Census Schedules covered elsewhere in this guide do contain the names of deceased enslaved persons who happened to be recorded therein. 

Ancestry Library Edition (in GALILEO@uga) provides the most complete collection digitally.  Available off campus to UGA faculty, students, and staff.  Other researchers must be on campus.

On the Ancestry Library Edition home page find the Search Census box and click Search Now.  To browse the schedules in sequential order by county: Scroll down to 'Included Data Collections' in the lower left and choose one of the  'U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules'.  The 'Browse this collection' box will appear on the right side of the screen.  Just follow the steps.

Alternate way to access: Main Library basement, Microfilm cabinets.  Readers & digital scanner/printers are located near the elevators.  See the grid below for call numbers and holdings.

Reel(s) of slave schedules for each census year are filed immediately after the corresponding reels of population schedules.    Some box labels lack the designation slave schedules as indicated in the reel guide below ("not labeled").