Web: U.S., Slave Era Insurance Policies Index, 1640-1865

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Web: U.S., Slave Era Insurance Policies Index, 1640-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry. Illinois Department of Insurance. http://insurance.illinois.gov/Consumer/SlaveryInformation/SlaveryReporting.asp: accessed 19 February 2015.

About Web: U.S., Slave Era Insurance Policies Index, 1640-1865

This collection is an index to slave insurance policies registered in Illinois pursuant to Illinois Public Act 93-0333, which required every licensed insurer to report on policies that were issued to slaveholders for death or damage of their slaves during the era when slavery was legal in the United States. It includes policies for slaves from ten states and the District of Columbia.

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