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Black Eldorado on the Susquehanna : the emergence of Black Columbia, 1726-1861

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2466
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
974.815 COLU H794
Responsibility
Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
22p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
"Paper delivered at the Society meeting 11 February 1986".
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Columbia (Pa.) - Race relations.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 COLU H794
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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
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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