Federal Reclassification and the Removal of Historical Classification

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:42:44 +0000

For more than a century, federal records documented a population under a specific legal
classification during the period of Negro Slavery and its aftermath.

Part-5 examines how federal terminology gradually shifted through administrative modernization,
census revisions, and evolving agency language — and why those shifts carry structural
implications for historical continuity.

This documentary does not debate modern identity preference.
It examines record integrity.