Are You Afraid of the 18 70 Census?

The 18 70 census was the first time african americans were listed on a federal census, for the first time as far as everyone because it was five years after the end of the civil war. But if you want to go further back, 18 60, wel, then you're going back into the old system of things, when the south was at its peak and cotton was king. Stephen told me that through the 18 70 census, he discovered that his grandparents lived in a little town called duck hill, mississippi,. hailing from what is now montgomery county.

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