About Remembered by Name

The names and information contained in Remembered by Name comes from Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, a monumental microfilm collection, edited by the historian Kenneth M. Stampp, including an extensive range of primary source documents from plantation records across the American South. Compiled from the holdings of major archives such as the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the South Caroliniana Library, the Louisiana State University Libraries, and others, this collection offers invaluable insights into the social, economic, and cultural dimensions of slavery and plantation life from the late 18th century through the Civil War.

These records contain the names of thousands of enslaved African American ancestors. This database is intended to assist individuals seeking to know and remember those individuals by name.