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Blacks who stole themselves : advertisements for runaways in the Pennsylvania gazette, 1728-1790

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5923
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
326 S643
Responsibility
[compiled by] Billy G. Smith and Richard Wojtowicz.
ISBN
0812281454
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
222 p. : ill., facsims., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. [173]-178.
Summary
Reprints ads for runaway slaves in Pennsylvania. Includes a glossary, a name index that permits runaways and owners to be traced over time, a subject index that identifies specific characteristics of escapees, and a final index that notes the names of fugitives and owners who appeared in all the Gazette ads between 1728 and 1790. [from amazon.com]
Subjects
Fugitive slaves - United States
Slavery - United States
American newspapers - Pennsylvania
Fugitive slaves - United States.
African Americans
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Additional Author
Smith, Billy Gordon.
Wojtowicz, Richard.
Additional Title
Pennsylvania gazette.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 S643
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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
consideration for the facts as disclosed and from the point of view occupied at the home of the Gorsuches. The family of Dr. F. G. Mitchell, whose wife is a daughter of Dickinson Gorsuch, and who now owns the property thm of her grandfather, Edward Gorsuch,. from wru.ch the slaves fled, have been especially
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Responsibility
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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The Christiana riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17928
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Edition
2nd and rev. ed.
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.80323
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Responsibility
by W.U. Hensel ; With some account of the commemoration of these events, September 9, 1911.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Edition
2nd and rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Press of the New Era Print. Co.,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
ix, 158 p. : ill., facsim., ports. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
United States.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Trials (Treason) - Pennsylvania.
Fugitive slaves - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80323
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The general position of Lancaster County in Negro slavery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo282
Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Date of Publication
1911
hemisphere. It is most natural, therefore, that our own thirteen colonies did not escape this traffic; but it is sad to note the awful price they had to pay to remove the evil once established, that price—hu- manity. Portugal began the African slave trade in modern Europe and America, bringing slaves from
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Responsibility
by Miss Lottie M. Bausman.
Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
[5]-21 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 1
Subjects
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slaves - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 1 (1911), p. 5-21Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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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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Runaways, rascals, and rogues : missing spouses, servants, and slaves ; abstracts from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, newspapers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17436
Date of Publication
c1987-
Call Number
911.2 H389
Responsibility
edited by Gary T. Hawbaker.
Place of Publication
Hershey, Pa. (P.O. Box 207, Hershey 17033)
Publisher
G.T. Hawbaker,
Date of Publication
c1987-
Physical Description
v. <1 > : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
v. 1. Lancaster journal, 1794-1810.
Subjects
Runaway husbands - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Runaway wives - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Indentured servants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Abstracts.
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Hawbaker, Gary T.
Additional Title
Lancaster County journal.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
911.2 H389
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Author
Robinson, Mary N.
Date of Publication
1911
sufficiently interesting to be worth recording. In the earliest tax list for Lancaster in existence, in the year 1754, which Mr. H. Frank Eshleman gives us in his paper, Vol. XIII., No. 10, we learn that at that date there were seven slaves owned and held in the borough. They belonged, respectively, to "David
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Responsibility
by Mrs. Mary N. Robinson.
Author
Robinson, Mary N.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
135-141 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 5
Summary
This article provides documentation of slaves being passed to heirs in wills . Also presented are advertisements of slaves for sale and requests for the return of "eloped" slaves. Reviewed as well is slave involvement with churches, as there is evidence of their baptism and burials at churches.
Subjects
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slaves - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 5 (1911), p. 135-141Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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Slave genealogy : a research guide with case studies

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Author
Streets, David H.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
929.1 S915
Responsibility
by David H. Streets.
ISBN
0917890639 (pbk.)
Author
Streets, David H.
Place of Publication
Bowie, MD
Publisher
Heritage Books,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
iv, 87 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 85-87.
Subjects
African Americans - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Slave records - United States - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Slaves - United States - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 S915
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The Underground Railroad

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1990
Author
Blockson, Charles L.
Date of Publication
1989, c1987.
Call Number
973.7115 B651u
Responsibility
Charles L. Blockson.
ISBN
0425115887 (pbk)
Author
Blockson, Charles L.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Berkley,
Date of Publication
1989, c1987.
Physical Description
xi, 290 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 265-271.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Underground railroad.
Fugitive slaves - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 B651u
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The Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2072
Author
Blockson, Charles L.
Date of Publication
c1981.
Call Number
973.7115 B651a
Responsibility
by Charles L. Blockson.
ISBN
0933184212
0933184220 (pbk.)
Author
Blockson, Charles L.
Place of Publication
Jacksonville, N.C
Publisher
Flame International,
Date of Publication
c1981.
Physical Description
vii, 227 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 212-220.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 B651a
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