From the September 25, 2021, Terre Haute (Indiana) Tribune Star ""Genealogy: Confederate Slave Payrolls provide a wealth of information" by Tamie Dehler.
The National Archives and Records Administration has a valuable online resource called Confederate Slave Payrolls, which can be of great value for persons doing research on their black past. Not to mention the Civil War.
"During the Civil War, the Confederate Army required enslavers to loan their enslaved people to the military. Throughout the Confederacy from Florida to Virginia, these enslaved people worked as cooks and laundresses, labored in deadly conditions to mine potassium nitrate to create gunpowder, worked in ordnance factories, and dug the defensive trench works that defended cities such as Petersburg, Virginia.
"This series , comprising nearly 6,000 payrolls for enslaved labor, sheds light on the lives of enslaved people loaned to the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and may provide a wealth of genealogical information relating to the names and home counties of African Americans.
"The payrolls show the time period covered, the Confederate officer under whom the enslaved people were employed, the place of service, names of the enslaver, names and occupations of the hired enslaved person, number of days employed, daily rate of wages, amount paid, and the signature of the person receiving the payment."
You can view the full series of the "Confederate Slave Payrolls" in the National Archives Catalog: National Archives Identifier 719477.
So, It Is Now Enslaved People Instead of Slaves. Enslavers Instead of Slaveowners. --Old Secesh
