This volume is a compilation of fifteen "Registers of Negroes and Mulattoes" maintained by the Clerk of County Courts between 1852 and 1865. They were mandated by "An Act to enforce the thirteenth article of the Constitution approved in 1852." For the first time these registers have been made available in one publication, fully indexed, with documentation. An important source of African American history during the antebellum era, this book also contains a wealth of genealogical information. "Over two thousand registrants are identified as free people of color and Hoosier residents, primarily...