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Blacks in Pennsylvania history : research and educational perspectives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo33
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
326 B631m
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Responsibility
David McBride, editor.
ISBN
0892710276 (pbk.)
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
ix, 129 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"... Proceedings of the Black History in Pennsylvania Conference held in Pittsburgh on April 5 and 6, 1979"--Introd.
Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Part 1. Early Black education -- Part 2. Black life and labor in modern industrial Pennsylvania -- Part 3. Black genealogy and historiography -- Part 4. Curriculum development in Pennsylvania Black history.
Subjects
African Americans
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - History - Congresses.
Additional Author
McBride, David,
Hopkins, Leroy.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 B631m
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The Negro Entry Book : a document of Lancaster City's antebellum Afro-American community

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1839
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Date of Publication
1984
The Negro Entry Book: A Document of Lancaster City's Antebellum Afro-American Community By Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins in his Heritage of Lancaster (1978) John W. W. Loose refers to an ordinance that required all "free persons of color" to register with the Mayor's Office.' Since this particular ordinance
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Responsibility
by Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1984
Physical Description
142-180 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 88, no. 4
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
African Americans
Lancaster (Pa.) - Race relations.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 88, number 4 (1984), p. 142-180Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.88
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Black Eldorado on the Susquehanna : the emergence of Black Columbia, 1726-1861

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Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Date of Publication
1985
Black Eldorado on the Susquehanna: The Emergence of Black Columbia, 1726-1861 By Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins in November 1985 Lancaster Countians witnessed a truly historic event. For the first time in the County's long history a Black politician was elected mayor of one of its municipalities. As chance
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Responsibility
by Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1985
Physical Description
110-132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 89, no. 4
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
African Americans
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 89, number 4 (1985), p. 110-132Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.89
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Notes and documents : Chattel with a soul : the autobiography of a Moravian slave

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Author
Thorp, Daniel B.
Date of Publication
1988.
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Alternate Title
Chatle with a soul.
Author
Thorp, Daniel B.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
433-451 p.
Summary
This journal article describes how an African male came to be sold into slavery in America and how he became a member of the Moravian church community in Bethlehem , Pa. Also included is the autobiography of this man named Andrew which as a member of the church he was required to write. While he remained in slave status, his membership in the church provided him a life more normal than a slave would ordinarily endure.
Subjects
African Americans
Moravian Church
Slaves
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, circa 1600-1775.
Contained In
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Volume 112, number 3 (July 1988), p. 433-451Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v.112
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https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/44336/44057
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