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Notes and documents : Chattel with a soul : the autobiography of a Moravian slave

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11808
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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Notes and documents : the precarious freedom of Blacks in the Mid-Atlantic region : excerpts from the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728 - 1776

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14388
Author
Smith, Billy Gordon.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v. 113 (April 1989)
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Responsibility
by Billy G. Smith and Richard Wojtowicz.
Author
Smith, Billy Gordon.
Physical Description
p. 237 - 264.
Notes
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 113, April 1989.
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania
American newspapers - Pennsylvania
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600 - 1775.
Additional Author
Wojtowicz, Richard.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v. 113 (April 1989)
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