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Lancaster Co. Clerk of Courts (Clerk of the Peace): Returns of negro and mulatto children born after the year 1780, June 7, 1788-Nov. 13, 1793

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20732
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 2: #206
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Notes
Microfilm box labeled # 206.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Court of Quarter Sessions.
African Americans
Slave records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Free African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 2: #206
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8e179cb2-2fc1-47ba-a08b-429204600648
Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Photograph of the Negro Civic League of Southeastern Pennsylvania at Thaddeus Stevens' grave
Object ID
MG0240_Ser02_F016_It02
Date Range
1920
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Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Photograph of the Negro Civic League of Southeastern Pennsylvania at Thaddeus Stevens' grave
Description
Facsimile of photograph of the Negro Civic League of Southeastern Pennsylvania at Thaddeus Stevens' grave.
Date Range
1920
Creation Date
1920
Creator
Negro Civic League of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Stevens, Thaddeus
Subjects
African American civic leaders
African Americans--History
Associations, institutions, etc.
Civic leaders
Community organization
Photographs
Women civic leaders
Women in community organization
Search Terms
Associations, institutions, etc.
Civic leaders
Civic leaders, Black
Civic leaders, Women
Community organizations
Negro Civic League of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Persons of color
Photographs
Women in community organization
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Language
English
Object ID
MG0240_Ser02_F016_It02
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-240, Series 2
Other Number
MG-240, Series 2, Folder 16, Item 2
Classification
MG0240
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database on 31 March 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

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Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
289.6 M647
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Responsibility
by D. Douglas Miller..
ISBN
9781514473665
1514473666
Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Publisher
Xlibris Corp
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
260p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Smedley, R. C.
Wright, Willilam.
Gibbons, Hanna.
Gibbons, Daniel.
Whitson, Thomas.
Coates, Lindley.
Rakestraw, William.
Sadsbury Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Hood, Caleb.
Bushong, Henry.
Russell, John Neal.
Wood Day.
Brown, Jeremiah.
Haines, Timoghy.
Brown, William.
Lewis, Elijah.
Scarlett, Joseph.
Jackson, James.
Hanway, Castner.
Smith, Joseph.
Lamborn, George S.
Columbia Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lampeter Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History.
Bart Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting #2 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History..
Penn Hill (Little Britain) Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Eastland Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Drumore Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
East Britain Friends Meeting (Ashville Meetinghouse) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Ballance Friends Meeting (Orthodox/Wilburite) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slavery and the church
Antislavery movements
Underground railroad.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.6 M647
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The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20679
Author
Creighton, Margaret S.,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c2005.
Call Number
973.7349 C914
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Responsibility
Margaret Creighton.
ISBN
0465014569
9780465014569
9780465014576
0465014577
Author
Creighton, Margaret S.,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Basic Books,
Date of Publication
c2005.
Physical Description
xix, 321 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.
Contents
The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology -- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.
Summary
"In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies marched on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the center stage of war. The three days of fighting that ensued decisively turned the tide of the Civil War. In The Colors of Courage, Margaret Creighton narrates the tale of this crucial battle from the viewpoint of three unsung groups - women, immigrants, and African Americans - and reveals how wide the battle's dimensions were."
"Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to bring to life the individuals at the heart of her narrative. In telling the stories of these participants, Margaret Creighton has written a work of original history - a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most remarkable event."--Jacket.
Subjects
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Immigrants - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
Women, White - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
African Americans.
Immigrants.
Military participation
Women.
Women, White.
Einwanderer.
Frau.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Women.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, Immigrant.
Pennsylvania - Gettysburg.
United States.
Gettysburg (Pa.) - Schlacht.
Schwarze.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 C914
Websites
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004014003.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2004014003-b.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2004014003-d.html
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e04a5933-ce06-4577-af79-162122422903
Collection
General Collection
Title
Hannah Bosley, corn doctress of Columbia
Object ID
1-02-01-11
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Hannah Bosley, corn doctress of Columbia
Description
Cabinet card. Hannah Bosley, corn doctress of Columbia.
Year Range From
1888
Year Range To
1892
Creator
Taylor, William Curtis
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Bosley, Hannah
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African American women
African Americans
African Americans--History
Free Black people
Search Terms
African American Women
Cabinet cards
Free persons of color
Medicine
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.5 x 3.5 inches
Print Size
4.125 x 7.5 inches
Object ID
1-02-01-11
Negative Number
yes
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fff0fda3-fab4-473e-80bc-522687643664
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Object ID
A-37-01-12
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Description
Page 12: Round Top, Accomac, August 14, 1903; From Round Top, August 14, 1903; Round Top House, August 14, 1903; From Chickies Rock looking toward Marietta, August 14, 1903; Baby in carriage, two older children and an African American woman; From near Chickies Rock looking toward Columbia, August 14, 1903.
Provenance
Second of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Accomac, Hellam Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
African American women
Babies
Chickies Rock
Children
Persons of color
Recreation
Round Top
Round Top House
Susquehanna River
Women
York County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-37-01-12
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Growing up free and black in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22297
Author
Mitchell, Faith.
Date of Publication
2011.
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Responsibility
Faith Mitchell, Ph.D.
Author
Mitchell, Faith.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
pp. 102-113.
Summary
"By following the story of my great-grandmother Isabella Ford's life, and adding to it with information from available sources, I have been able to get a better understanding of the circumstances of Lancaster's free blacks. Her story provides a sense of life in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County and shows how free black families held their own, despite an environment that was often unfriendly and that restricted their opportunities by both law and custom."
Subjects
Ford, Maria Proctor
Proctor, Jeremiah
Ford, Ellen Isabella
Proctor, James
Proctor, Hannah
Ford, John
Skerrett, Emma Victoria Crawford
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Fulton Township
African American families - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African American Methodists
Underground Railroad
Slavery - America - History
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 2/3 (2011), p. 102-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.113
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=26c0eacb34d45cdaf9bdaa6f6cac8b13
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Bethel African Methodist Church in Lancaster : prolegomenon to a social history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo262
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Date of Publication
1986.
combined membership of its sister institutions along the Susquehanna would be reason enough to scrutinize its historical development. A glimpse in the most comprehensive local history underscores the need to study Bethel. Ellis & Evans" History of Lancaster County (1883) 3 , although over 100 years old
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Responsibility
by Leroy Hopkins, Ph.D.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
205-236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 4
Subjects
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
St. James' African Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 4 (1986), p. 205-236Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90
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Negro registry ; or Mayor's register of coloured persons, 1820 - 1849 ; or Negro entry book

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18446
Call Number
326 L244h
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Alternate Title
Mayor's registry of colored persons.
Negro entry book.
Responsibility
Transcribed by Dr. Letoy T. Hopkins, Jr., 1984.
Physical Description
32 p. ; typescript.
Notes
"In 1820 there was an Ordinance requiring all "persons of colour," residents and visitors, to register with the mayor within 24 hours of arrival in the city, providing information as to name, address, names of all family members, and occupations."
Original manuscript is on microfilm Drawer 3, sec. 2: #205.
Original manuscript in Archives (LCHS).
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Slave records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Registers.
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Additional Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
326 L244h
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2012ca53-fb78-4e4d-94b2-211568649914
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Object ID
A-36-01-51
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Description
Page 51: Four African American women, "Duquesne help, September 1901"; Nellie Brown, August 1901, African American woman; Three photos of a naked baby playing on balcony; Two unidentified women.
Provenance
First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Brown, Nellie
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
African American women
Babies
Children
Persons of color
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-36-01-51
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