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Lancaster County's relation to slavery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo562
Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Date of Publication
1911
Martha B. Clark. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Slavery--Law and legislation--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Population. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1911 Description: 43-61 p. ; 23 cm. Series
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by Miss Martha B. Clark.
Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
43-61 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 2
Summary
This article provides several types of information about slaves in Lancaster County. These include court documents showing the sale of particular slaves, numbers of slaves in townships, and the family names of many owners. It shows the steps involved in making the sale and the purchase of a slave. It explains how the 1780 Pennsylvania state law, that required the gradual emancipation of all slaves, was put into effect. Slaves born before that date were converted to "servant" status until age 28 when they would be free.
Subjects
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 2 (1911), p. 43-61Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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Abolition divides the meeting house : Quakers and slavery in early Lancaster County

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Author
Ebersole, Mark C.
Date of Publication
2000.
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by Mark C. Ebersole.
Author
Ebersole, Mark C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society /
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
2-27 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.102, no. 1.
Subjects
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Quaker abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 102, number 1 (2000), p. 2-27Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v.102.
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The light of Parnell

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Author
Appel, John W.
Date of Publication
1916.
Call Number
813.5 A646
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by John W. Appel.
Author
Appel, John W.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
The Heidelberg Press,
Date of Publication
1916.
Physical Description
395, [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Frontispiece.
This story is a border tale of southern Pennyslvania, dealing with certain phases of the Civil War and the events immediately preceding it. The historic details are based on fact.
Subjects
Slavery - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.5 A646
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082170667&view=1up&seq=11
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The Christiana Riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
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by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
iii, 1-134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 8 [supplement]
Notes
Supplement to Lancaster County Historical Journal of October 1911
Subjects
United States.
Trials.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 8 [supplement] (1911), p. 1-134Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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Children stolen : maidens pressed

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Author
Nicholson, Mary Ann
Call Number
905.29 GSP v.35
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by Mary Ann Nicholson.
Author
Nicholson, Mary Ann
Physical Description
187-190 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, v.35 (1988)
Summary
This article discusses the practice of sending children from Britain to America to be indentured servants. It cites court records in the late 17th century that document the indenture process required of the persons who purchased the children in America. " It was a common practice to ship young children to America where servants were in demand. Overseers of orphanages and workhouses and poor parents were thus relieved of the expense of a child's maintenance. Some children were simply kidnapped....Procuring or stealing children to sell as servants seems Dickensian to us now, but it was an acceptable and prevalent practice for many centuries."
Subjects
Women household employees - Pennsylvania.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
Orphans.
Indentured servants - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.29 GSP v.35
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Episcopalians and slavery in Lancaster County : from the Colonial Period to the Civil War

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Author
Ebersole, Mark C.
Date of Publication
2003.
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by Mark C. Ebersole.
Author
Ebersole, Mark C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
p.64-88 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.105, no.2.
Subjects
Hope Episcopal Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
St. John's Episcopal Church (Chester County, Pa.)
Bangor Episcopal Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 105, number 2 (2003), p. 64-88Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.105 no.2
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The trackless trail; the story of the Underground Railroad in Kennett Square, Chester county, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding community

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Author
Taylor, Frances Cloud.
Date of Publication
c1976.
Call Number
973.7115 T241
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by Frances Cloud Taylor.
Author
Taylor, Frances Cloud.
Place of Publication
Kennett Square, Pa
Date of Publication
c1976.
Physical Description
iv, 36 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Many of the participants in the work of the Underground Railroad were Quakers.
Bibliography, p. 36.
Subjects
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Slavery - United States
Underground railroad.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 T241
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The Germantown Protest: origins of abolitionism among the German residents of southeastern Pennsylvania

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Author
Hopkins, Leroy
Call Number
Available at F&M
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by Leroy T. Hopkins.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy
Physical Description
19-29 p.
Notes
In: Yearbook of the Society for German American Studies, v.23 (1988) available ata F&M College.
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania
Slavery - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania.
Germantown (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
Available at F&M
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In other news . . . stories from the Lancaster Examiner and Herald, 23 October 1850

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Author
Tyzenhouse, Martha.
Date of Publication
2016.
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by Martha Tyzenhouse.
Author
Tyzenhouse, Martha.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
118-125 p.
Series
Journal of Lancaster County's Historical Society v 117, no. 2/3, Spring/Summer 2016.
Subjects
Lind, Jenny.
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Running races.
Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania z - Lancaster County.
Names, Indian - North America.
Birds - Pennsylvania.
Magnetic healing.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 117, number 2/3 (2016), p. 118-125Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L246 v.117
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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

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Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 2: #206
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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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