5 Resources to Uncover Slave Insurance Policies?

Slave Era Insurance Polices,  1640 - 1865

Was your enslaved ancestor insured? Did your ancestor insure the persons they enslaved? These are resources to check when you hit a brickwall. Remember there were larger orginizations that worked all of the states, so your ancestors documents may have been under an out of state policy.
Here are the highlights, but for more a more in deabt aricle visit The Telling Records of Insured Slaves 1640 - 1865.

1. California Department of Insurance: Slavery Era Insurance Registry
2. A nationwide registryby names of slaves.
3. Ancestry.com Yes, a Slave Era Insrance Policy Index can be found here
4. State websites: Here's an example of Virginia's listings.. Even Missouri had insured enslaved persons.
5. Insuring Human Cargo

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