PURPOSE

The purpose of the ISDSA is to perpetuate the memory of our slave ancestors in America and around the world.

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GOALS

• To honor and celebrate our enslaved ancestors

• To promote an interest in slave genealogy and family history

• To encourage the documentation, publication, and preservation of slave genealogy and historical information

• To recognize people who research, document, publish and preserve their slave ancestry

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OBJECTIVES

To publish slave genealogy and historical information

To house the ISDSA archival collection of print and nonprint media relating to slavery in the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection at the Carter G. Woodson Library in Chicago, Illinois