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On the edge of freedom : the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870

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Author: Smith, David G.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2013.

Call Number: 326 S645

Responsibility: David G. Smith.

ISBN: 9780823240326 (cloth : alk. paper); 0823240320 (cloth : alk. paper)

Author: Smith, David G.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Fordham University Press,

Date of Publication: 2013.

Physical Description: xiv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series: The North's Civil War

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on the Edge of Freedom -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonization, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The decline of the Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-28 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition.

Subjects: Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania; Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania.; Borderlands - Pennsylvania; Abolitionists.; African Americans.; Antislavery movements.; Borderlands.; Fugitive slaves.; Fugitive slaves; Race relations.; Underground Railroad.; Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 19th century.; Pennsylvania.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 326 S645

A running story of Lancaster County : (from Hazard's Register--1613-1835)

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Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Date of Publication: 1923

A RUNNING STORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY FROM HAZARD'S REGISTER (1613 to 1835) Compiled by H. FRANK ESHLEMAN, ESQ. Hazard's "Register of Pennsylvania" is a publication of sixteen volumes, containing about 400 pages each, published by Samuel Hazard of Philadelphia from Jan. 1828 to the end of December

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Alternate Title: Register of Pennsylvania

Responsibility: compiled by H. Frank Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1923

Physical Description: 39-70 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 3

Notes: Book entitled "Register of Pennsylvania" by Samuel Hazard.

Summary: From the 16 volumes of Hazard's "Register of Pennsylvania", Eshleman compiled the entries associated with Lancaster County in chronological order. The Register was "devoted to the preservation of facts and every other kind of useful information respecting the state of Pennsylvania."

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Chronology.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Additional Author: Hazard, Samuel,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 3 (1923), p. 39-70Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27

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Growing up free and black in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County

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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

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Lancaster County members of the American Philosophical Society

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1927

, 1706-1790. American Philosophical Society. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 38-40 p. ; 23 cm

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1927

Physical Description: 38-40 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 3

Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790.; American Philosophical Society.; Philosophy - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Philosophy - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 3 (1927), p. 38-40Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Date Range: 1759-1928

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Description: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2 was carefully curated by Mr. Slaymaker and contains papers dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. This series is primarily composed of correspondence related to business, railroads, legal affairs, and personal matters. The personal letters are rich in details of social history and genealogy. Legal documents include estate papers for the Fleming, Slaymaker, Leech, and Boyd families. The remaining documents include land surveys, receipts, tickets, accounts, bonds, and wills.

System of Arrangement: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection is divided into six series according to the original order; Series 1, 2 and 4 have been cataloged and are available for research.; Series 1 Trunk: SRS I and Minnie; Series 2 Document Boxes; Series 3 Family Papers; Series 4 Museum Cases and Metal Box; Series 5 Slaymaker Lock Company Records; Series 6 Papers of Samuel R. Slaymaker II

Date Range: 1759-1928

Year Range From: 1759

Year Range To: 1928

Date of Accumulation: 1759-1928

Creator: Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker, 1923-1989

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 07

People: Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry Fleming; Slaymaker, Minnie Louise Cohr; Slaymaker, Samuel Cochran, 1828-1894; Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker

Other Creators: Slaymaker family

Subjects: African Americans--History; Business records; Court records; Deeds; Family records; Invitation cards; Legal documents; Letters; Postmasters; Railroads--Pennsylvania; Railroads--Records and correspondence; Real property surveys--Pennsylvania; Kinzers (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.); Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)

Search Terms: Accounts; Business records; Columbia Store; Correspondence; Court records; Deeds; Enslaved persons; Family records; Finding aids; Invitations; Kinzers, Paradise Twp.; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Postmasters; Railroads; Railroads, Records and correspondence; Reading and Chesapeake Railroad; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Reading, Lancaster and Baltimore Railroad; Real property surveys; Receipts; Salisbury Twp.; White Chimneys; Wilmington and Reading Railroad

Extent: 7 boxes, 113 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also Photograph and Object Collections

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-268, Series 2

Classification: MG0268

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 8 August 2022.; Much of this series was microfilmed by the Pennsylvania State Archives. The microfilmed items are noted within the finding aid and the microfilm is available in LancasterHistory's Research Center.

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Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

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Author: Brubaker, John H.

Date of Publication: 2010.

Call Number: 974.802 B886

Responsibility: by Jack Brubaker.

ISBN: 9781609490614; 1609490614

Author: Brubaker, John H.

Place of Publication: Charleston, SC

Publisher: History Press,

Date of Publication: 2010.

Physical Description: 188 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. [177]-188.

Contents: pt. 1. Telling the story -- "Drive the heathen out of the land" -- "Some hot headed ill advised persons" -- "The same spirit & frantic rage" -- "Persons of undoubted probity & veracity" -- pt. 2. Retelling the story -- "I never heard one word of it till it was just over" -- "A mighty noise and hubbub" -- "Shot, scalped, hacked, and cut to pieces" -- "One of those youthful ebullitions of wrath" -- "The innocent were destined to share the fate of the guilty" -- "A zone of vicious racial violence" -- pt. 3. Killers and abettors -- "The most respectable of men" -- "They had possession and would keep it" -- "Eternal shame & reproach" -- pt. 4. Death and reconciliation -- "The remains of the victims of a terrible crime" -- "Slaughter'd, kill'd, and cut off a whole tribe" -- "Who was left to mourn for these people?"

Subjects: Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Race relations - History - 18th century.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 B886

Take care of today : a Brossman family history

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Author: Redcay, C. Lynn.

Call Number: 929 B874

Alternate Title: Take care of today :

Responsibility: by C. Lynn Redcay.

Author: Redcay, C. Lynn.

Place of Publication: Minneapolis, MN

Publisher: Jostens Inc. ,

Physical Description: 92 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Brossman family (Nicholas Brossman, 1653- ); Brossman, Bertha M. 1891- .; Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company (Pa.); Telecommunication - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Telephone company - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 B874

Newspapers as historic records

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4081

Author: Hostetter, Albert K.

Date of Publication: 1922

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.26

Responsibility: by A. K. Hostetter.

Author: Hostetter, Albert K.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1922

Physical Description: 155-163 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 7

Subjects: New Un-partisan Lancaster Paper and Advertising Directory (Lancaster, Pa.); American newspapers; German American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.26

Directory of Lancaster County: : embracing a full list of all the adult males and heads of families, with their occupation, residence, and P.O. address, and a classified business directory. Also, an appendix, containing a descriptive list of the courts, banking houses, public buildings, churches, educasional [sic] and benevolent institutions, secret and other societies, &c., &c. 1869-70

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Date of Publication: 1869.

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1869-70 reprint

Responsibility: Published by Barnes & Pearsol.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol & Geist, printers, Daily Eppress [sic] Office.,

Date of Publication: 1869.

Physical Description: [5], 10-22, [1], 28-492 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Copyright 1869.; Reprint.; Includes index.

Subjects: Merchants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.; Advertisements - Merchants; Directories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - 1869

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1869-70 reprint

Old Lancaster newspaper items : (supplement to Mr. Hostetter's paper)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4395

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1922

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.26

Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1922

Physical Description: 164 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 7

Subjects: Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, Pa.); American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; American newspapers; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.26

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On the edge of freedom : the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19541

A running story of Lancaster County : (from Hazard's Register--1613-1835)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3714

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Growing up free and black in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22297

Websites

Lancaster County members of the American Philosophical Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3994

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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b206bdb-b883-4d98-8970-306172304971

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Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17894

Take care of today : a Brossman family history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20508

Newspapers as historic records

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4081

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17315

Old Lancaster newspaper items : (supplement to Mr. Hostetter's paper)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4395