Census records of free Black heads of household in the antebellum South
| Name | State | Num In Family | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read, Willis | South Carolina | — | — |
| Readmond, William | South Carolina | — | — |
| Reason | Maryland | — | — |
| Rebecka (Negro) | Connecticut | 4 | — |
| Redish, Joseph | South Carolina | — | — |
| Ree, Cesar | Pennsylvania | — | — |
| Reece, Amy | Maryland | — | — |
| Reed, Dempsey | North Carolina | 8 | — |
| Reed, Frederick | North Carolina | 4 | — |
| Reed, John | New Hampshire | 1 | — |
| Reed, John | Pennsylvania | — | — |
| Reed, Miss | Massachusetts | — | — |
| Reed, Molly | Massachusetts | — | — |
| Reed, William | New Hampshire | 4 | — |
| Reffel, Mary | Pennsylvania | — | — |
| Regan, James | Maryland | — | — |
| Remley, Christopher | South Carolina | — | — |
| Remmington, Auther | Rhode Island | 4 | — |
| Ren (Negro) | Connecticut | 3 | — |
| Rese, Willobe | Connecticut | 6 | — |
| Resor, John | Pennsylvania | — | — |
| Reuben (mulatto) | Pennsylvania | — | — |
| Revil | North Carolina | 1 | — |
| Revil, Edmund | North Carolina | 9 | — |
| Revil, Nathaniel | North Carolina | 13 | — |