The author in the introduction describes the 18th century system by which people came to the American colonies through the "indenture" or "redemptioner" process. The remainder of the book features copies of advertisements placed in publications seeking indentured servants who have run away from their masters.
Pennsylvania historic marker on US Route 30 four miles northwest of Gettysburg reads :"Surveyed in 1766. Named for an estate in England.The Manor was about 6 miles wide and 12 miles long with the southern boundary at present Mason-Dixon Line. It was the second largest reserved estate of the Penns in Pennsylvania. The western boundary line of the Manor was near this point."
compiled and edited by the Manheim Historical Society.
ISBN
1930353197
9781930353190
Place of Publication
Manheim, PA
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
vi, 862 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Contents: HISTORICAL MANHEIM, a timeline of events from the "Sentinel", 1681- 1983 / MANHEIM BOROUGH, a municipal history / THE TOWNSHIPS, Penn and Rapho / MANHEIM PEOPLE, prominent, notable, authors, artists, characters, attorneys / EDUCATION, a history of the Manheim area schools / RELIGION IN MANHEIM, camp meetings, cemeteries, churches / CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, civic, benevolent, sports, and band / MANHEIM'S MEDICAL CARE, physicians, dentists, optometrists, veternarians / THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW, a look at some of the buildings that were featured in the 1912 "old home week" book / BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, Manheim's industrial history
Introduction / Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. -- Foreword / June Burk Lloyd -- Slavery in Pennsylvania and the early abolitionist movement -- The early growth of the Underground Railroad -- Prigg v. Pennsylvania -- An open pathway for fugitives -- From discord toward dissolution -- The bloody road to emancipation -- Afterword / James McClure -- Appendix A : Reported Underground Railroad conductors in York County -- Appendix B : The slaveholder's prayer.
