title: Their bedding is wet, their floors are damp: Pre-Bureau records and Civil War African American genealogy.
authors.affiliation: National Archives and Records Administration.
authors.forename: Rebecca K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001109:Archives / Q000266:history; D005502:Food / Q000191:economics; D005789:Genealogy and Heraldry; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011203:Poverty / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D012940:Social Problems / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D015144:Southeastern United States / Q000208:ethnology