Sankofagen Wiki is a growing collection of freely accessible genealogical and historical data pertaining to U.S.A. antebellum plantations, farms, factories, manors, etc. that used African slave labor. This site is a wiki which means that you, the slave genealogy researcher, can add and update information instantly.

Editing content is as simple as posting on a message board. Start today by sending me an e-mail expressing your interest in contributing: kh(underscore)art (at yahoo dot com) with "Sankofagen Wiki Contributor" in the subject line.

This website is not to be used as a primary source of information. This website is not meant as a substitute for original sources (Wills, bills of sale, deeds). This website aims to summarize plantation-related data in a way that allows the genealogist to better visualize the lives of our ancestors within historical context (Was the slave buyer a relative of the seller? Did the buyer relocate? Were plantations connected by slave-holder marriages?)

This project is a labor of love. I wish to assist those who, like myself, face the "brick wall" of slavery as we try to trace our lineage. I hope you find this site helpful. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

---Chief Editor, Karmella Haynes

Note: I have decided to remove the Caribbean links. I do not have access to sufficient resources to build pages for plantations/ workplaces outside of the USA. There are other more comprehensive resources available which I will post links to soon. Thanks for your patience.

Enslaved Ancestor Workplaces

United States of America, (~1640-1865)

Enslaved African Ancestor Genealogy Links

• The African-Native American History and Genealogy Web Page
• Afrigeneas
• The Friends of Freedmen's Cemetery
• Runaway Slave Blog
• Slave Archival Collection, nation-wide
• South Carolina Plantations
• U.S. African-American Griots
• The University of South Florida Africana Heritage Project