slavery in pennsylvania
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- Patton, David (Slaves listed: Isabella, Rachel, unnamed female, Hagar)
- Patton, Elizabeth (Slaves listed: Venus)
- Plunket, William (Slaves listed: Toby, Ben)
- Postlethwaite, John (Slaves listed: Dick)
- Ramsey, David (Slaves listed: Dinah, Charles)
- Reed, Mary (Slaves listed: Dinah, Nancy, Jack)
- Rees, Jeremiah (Slaves listed: Un-named female,
Rachel Thomas)
- Richardson, Robert R., Jr. (Slaves listed: Andrew Martin)
- Ritchey, David (Slaves listed: Peter, Violet, Dinah, Isaac Czar, Frank, Phebe, Cato, Bristol, Wine, Crist)
- Roan, John, Reverend (Slaves listed: Pero)
- Rodgers, Robert (Slaves listed: Simon Jackson)
- Rogers, Andrew (Slaves listed: Samuel)
- Rogers, James (Slaves listed: Adam)
- Rogers, William (Slaves listed: Sue, Jack)
About the Information in this List
Each listing represents a record of one Black slave or indentured servant. The list is sorted alphabetically according to the owner's surname. I felt that this order would be the most useful for several reasons. It groups slaves together who would have lived with the same owner, and increases the likelihood of finding persons related to each other. Records of slave surnames are rare, many being identified only through their given name. You can search this listing for a specific slave given name by using your browser's "find" feature (Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer use Ctrl + F).
Source numbers are listed in the last line of each slave entry, and correspond to the accompanying
list of sources used in compiling this record. Slave ages are in years. An "a" following an age means the age is an approximation. Many slave registration papers list only an approximate age. Some slaves are listed with exact dates of birth. These generally are the children of slaves, registered beginning in 1788. Others are calculated based upon the ages given in the original record or primary source document.
Terminology, and Other Notes
The terms "slave" and "servant" were often used interchangeably, especially in the earliest years of the time period covered in this study. After the Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780 was passed in Pennsylvania, the term "servant" frequently came to mean either someone in indentured servitude or someone employed by the head of the household. The passage from slave to servant was often indistinct for many Blacks, many of whom remained with their former owners after being legally emancipated. For simplicity I have used the term "slave" to represent these people whom I believe were truly in bondage, even though some records list them as "servants." This list does not include white indentured servants, who were an entirely different class of labor from Black slaves and Black "indentured servants."
The locations listed for the owners, especially "Township" are greatly mixed, and generally represent the location listed in the original record. As township boundaries shifted and new townships and counties were created through the years, the original listing may be very misleading
The Data
- Owner's Surname: Patton
Owner's First Name: David
Owner's Township: Paxton (Lower Paxton)
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation: Tanner
Owner--Memo: The 1798 U.S. Direct Tax Roll lists David Patton of Lower Paxton Township with one slave (Source #42). Persons being held until age 28 were not regarded as slaves for tax purposes, so this individual may be the unnamed female who was sold as part of his estate in November of 1801. More specifically, it may be Hagar, a female slave belonging to David Patton, shown in a July 1800 list of slaves in Lower Paxton Township (Source #129).
- Counter: 270
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Isabella
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
- Counter: 286
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Rachel
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
- Counter: 367
Slave Surname, if known: ?
Slave Given Name: ?
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 24
Slave Date of Birth: 1777 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Date of Registry or Record: 11/25/1801
Slave Memo: This is probably Hagar, the female slave of the same approximate age belonging to David Patton, who was shown in a July 1800 list of slaves in Lower Paxton Township (see below). Being sold as part of the property of David Patton. See the owner memo, above.
Text of sale advertisement:
FOR SALE --David Patton selling 197 acres "plantation" including tannery and land in Londonderry (274 acres). LIKEWISE, will be disposed of, the time of a strong and healthy Negro Wench about 24 years of age (a slave for life.) For terms apply to the subscriber. Nov. 23rd 1801.
Source: The Farmer's Instructor, and Harrisburgh Courant, November 25, 1801
- Slave Surname, if known: ?
Slave Given Name: Hagaor (Hagar)
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 24
Slave Date of Birth: 1776 (calculated)
Slave Status: Slave for life
Date of Registry or Record: July 1800
Slave Memo: This is most likely the female slave being sold in November 1801as part of the property of David Patton. See the listing above. Also possibly the mother of the slave children registered by the Pattons.
Source: Tax Lists, Inhabitants and Slaves, 1800, 1807
- Owner's Surname: Patton
Owner's First Name: Elizabeth
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Lebanon
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: Widow of Robert Patton (?).
- Counter: 246
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Venus
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
- Owner's Surname: Plunket
Owner's First Name: William
Owner's Township: Paxton
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: "Dr. of Physick"
Owner--Memo: Married Esther Harris, daughter of John Harris I.
Plunket was a doctor and an officer of the provincial service, and was
suspected of being a loyalist during the Revolutionary War. Blocked
from joining the Continental Army, Plunket remained a civilian throughout
the war. He retired to Sunbury where he died and is buried. Egle writes
of his Dauphin County farm:
In 1769 Doctor William Plunket owned and resided upon a farm of 187
acres in Paxtang township, fronting on the river and adjoining lands of
Joseph Smith and John Buzzard. This tract was the moiety of 300 acres
which John Harris--who died in 1746--gave to his two sons, Samuel and David
Harris. On September 1, 1763, David Harris and his wife Mary sold
their share to Dr. Plunket. (William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries, First
and Second Series, Volume II, LXXXI, p. 428-429.)
- Counter: 110
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Toby
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 25
years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life.
Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Man," aged about 25 years."
Sources: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Counter: 111
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Ben
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 23
years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Slave Memo: Status: Slave for life.
Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Man," aged about 23 years."
Sources: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Owner's Surname: Postlethwaite
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's Township: Paxton
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: Husband of Hannah Wright. Revolutionary War
soldier. Moved to Mifflin County about 1789. The 1790 census for
Mifflin County shows no slaves in the household of John Postlethwaite.
(1790 Census, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania)
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dick
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 23 or 24
Date of Registry or Record: July 3, 1766. The same ad ran again on September 4, 1766
Slave Memo: Status: Runaway. Ran away on May 19, 1766. Formerly owned by a Mr. Hunt "in the Jerseys." Speaks English, Low Dutch, French.
Text of Advertisement:
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Paxton Township, Lancaster County, on Monday, the 19th of May last, a certain Negroe Man, named Dick, about 5 Feet 6 Inches high, a slim built black Fellow, about 23 or 24 Years old, speaks good English, some Low Dutch, and some French; had on, when he went away, an old Hat, Blanket Coat, good Leather Breeches, old Stockings, good Shoes, but a good deal too large for him, tied with Strings. As he formerly lived with one Mr. Hunt, in the Jerseys, it is thought will make that way, or towards Philadelphia. Whoever takes up said Negroe, and secures him, so as his Master may have him again, shall receive Six Dollars Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by JOHN POSTLETHWAIT.
Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 3, September 4, 1766
- Owner's Surname: Ramsey
Owner's First Name: David
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
(Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo: Ramsey did not travel to Lancaster to register his
slaves in 1780, but had the task performed "by his attorney,
James Andrews, of the same place."
- Counter: 108
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dinah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 23
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Wench," aged 23 years,
a "slave during life."
Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Counter: 109
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Charles
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 03
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Boy," aged 3 years, a
"slave during life."
Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Owner's Surname: Reed
Owner's First Name: Mary
Owner's Township: Paxtang
Township
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster, at time of registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Widow
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 49
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dinah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 27
Date of Registry or Record: 10/9/1780
Slave Memo: Has a daughter, Nancy, registered with same
owner. Status: Slave for life.
Described at registration as "Negroe Woman." Registered at Lancaster.
Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Counter: 50
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Nancy
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): "9 years last November."
Date of Registry or Record: 10/9/1780
Slave Memo: "aged 9 years last November" This
girl was the daughter of Dinah, a slave registered with this same owner. Status: Slave for life.
Described at registration as "Molata, her [Dinah's] daughter." Registered
at Lancaster.
Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Counter: 51
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jack
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): one month old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/9/1780
Slave Memo: 1 month old. Status: Slave for life.
Described at registration as "Negroe Child." Registered at Lancaster.
Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Owner's Surname: Rees
Owner's First Name: Jeremiah
Owner's City: Harrisburg
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's Occupation: Innkeeper--Golden Swan Inn
Owner--Memo: Born, 1776; died 1861. Rees operated the Golden Swan
Inn, in Harrisburg near the ferry, in 1810. This is documented in the book "A Journey to Ohio in 1810" by Margaret Van Horn Dwight. Dwight wrote of staying at Rees' house in November, 1810, while waiting to cross the Susquehanna to East Pennsboro Township on the way to Ohio. While there, Dwight's party was accused by Rees' Black servant of theft.
- Slave Name ?
Slave Age ? "girl"
Slave Gender Female
Slave Date of Birth ?
Slave Description "black wench;" "black girl"
Slave Status Not determined
Slave Notes A servant for Jeremiah Rees at his inn in Dauphin County, "just in the edge of the town."
Traveler Margaret Van Horn Dwight, wrote of staying at Rees' place in November, 1810, while waiting for the ferry to take them across the Susquehanna River. This person may be Phillis, a slave infant registered as the daughter of Tira, by Rees in 1793 (see Rees, Jeremiah on the Cumberland County pages)
or it could be Rachel Thomas, below, who in 1821
noted that she had "served her time with Jerry Rees." Dwight's account of staying at Rees' place:
"Harrisburg-- P-- Thursday-- Eve--
November--1st 1810--
". . .Mr. Jeremiah Rees is our landlord-- his wife is sick with a fever arising from the Hives at first-- He has a sister who seems to take the direction of the female part of the business-- She is a strange creature--. . .
"Sunday eve-- East pensboro' township-- P--
"We left Mr Rees' yesterday ten oclock-- & after waiting some time at the ferry house, cross'd the Susquehanna with considerable difficulty-- The river is a mile wide & so shallow that the boat would scrape across the large stones so as almost to prevent it from proceeding--. . .I should like to have staid at Mr Rees' till we reach home if it was possible, notwithstanding we had like to have all lost our characters there-- While we were at breakfast, the black wench miss'd nearly 4 dollars of money, & very impudently accused us with taking it, in rather an indirect manner-- I felt at first very angry, but anger soon gave place to pity for the poor girls loss-- It was money she had been saving to buy her a dress-- but she left it about very carelessly in the closet where any one might have taken it who was so disposed-- But had I been inclined to steal, I could not have stolen from a poor black girl-- I would rather have given her as much-- I never felt so queerly in my life-- To be suspected of theft was so new & unexpected to me, that I was wholly unprepar'd for it-- We went to Mr Rees & begg'd him to take some method to satisfy the girl we were innocent but we could not prevail on him to, tho' we really wish'd it-- He gave the girl a severe scolding & desir'd us not to remember it against them, or to suffer ourselves to be made a moment uneasy by it, & both himself and Mrs Rees were extremely sorry any thing of the kind had happen'd-- The girl continued crying & assuring us her money had been safe all summer till then & nobody had been near it but us-- I, nor any of us had any doubt that the landlord's sister, whom I before mention'd, had taken it--. . ."
Dwight gives the name of the sister as "Babby;" Rees had a sister named
Barbara. Dwight also mentions that the money was not found before they left Rees' inn.
Rees' wife was Lydia Powders, his second wife, whom he married on June 26,
1810, after the death of his first wife, Martha, who died on May 17,
1810. Lydia would die in April 1821 and Rees married for a third time in
1822.
Date of Record 1810
Source: Dwight, "A Journey to Ohio in 1810," pages
25-28; Information on Jeremiah Rees is from William Henry Egle, Notes and
Queries, Series III, Volume 1, XVIII, page 107.
- Counter: 229
Slave Surname, if known:
Thomas
Slave Given Name: Rachel
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record: post 1788
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28. Registered by Richard
Dearmond and sold or transferred, at some point, to Jeremiah Rees, to serve out
her time to age 28. The Harrisburg 1821 Registry
of African Americans listed Rachel Thomas, aged 42, who was "brought
up by Mr. Dearmon and Sarved her time with Jary Rees." Since she was
registered some time after 1780 as the child of a slave, it seems apparent that
someone overestimated her own age when she was entered into the registry.
Source: "Children of Previously Registered Slaves"
| "Harrisburg Registry of Free African Americans, 1821-1826," Archives of
the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Owner's Surname: Richardson
Owner's First Name: Robert R., Jr.
Owner's City: Baltimore
Owner's Township:
Owner's County:
Owner's State: Maryland
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 376
Slave Surname, if known: Martin
Slave Given Name: Andrew
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 26
Date of Registry or Record: 7/26/1828
Slave Memo: Status: Runaway slave. Note that slaveholders below the Mason-Dixon line offered a considerably higher reward during the same time period than Central Pennsylvania slaveholders, indicating the decreasing value of slaves in Pennsylvania due to changing attitudes and the long term effects of the
Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780.
Source: Harrisburg Argus, July 26, 1828
- Owner's Surname: Ritchey
Owner's First Name: David
Owner's Township: Paxton (Lower Paxton)
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo: Circa 1752-1822
- Counter: 182
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Peter
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
- Counter: 183
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Violet
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
- Counter: 184
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Dinah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
- Counter: 185
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Isaac Czar
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
- Counter: 215
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Frank
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
- Counter: 216
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Phebe
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
- Counter: 224
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Cato
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
- Counter: 96
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Bristol
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 14
Date of Registry or Record: 10/23/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Man," 14 years of age,
"a slave."
Sources: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Counter: 97
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Wine
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): 16
Date of Registry or Record: 10/23/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Woman," 16 years of
age, "a slave."
Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
-
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Crist
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): Not known
Date of Registry or Record: October 25, 1788
Slave Memo: In a will dated June 1788 and proved October 25, 1788, John Duncan of Dauphin County left his "slave Crist" to his grandson-in-law David Ritchey.
Source: "Slaves and Indentured Servants in Dauphin County Wills,"
- Owner's Surname: Roan
Owner's First Name: John
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: Londonderry
Owner's County: Dauphin (Lancaster)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Reverend, Derry Presbyterian Church, and Paxton New Side Congregation.
Owner--Memo: Born 1724, died 1775. Husband of Anne Cochran, married 1750 in Chester County.
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Pero
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 23a
Slave Date of Birth: 1750 (calculated)
Date of Registry or Record: April 28, 1773
Slave Memo: Pero ran away in 1773, with an iron collar around his neck. Text of ad placed by Roan to capture him:
THREE DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away from the subscriber, in Londonderry township, Lancaster county, a Negroe Man, called PERO, about 23 years old, the insides of both his wrists are remarkably white, though one is whiter than the other; one knee is bent in towards the other, is a great talker and liar; had on a good lappelled jacket, and half worn breeches, both of a light colour, the button holes wrought with red, two shirts, one fine, the other coarse, half worn stockings, and bad shoes; he had an iron collar about his neck, but it is supposed the collar is taken off by some ill-disposed neighbour. Whoever takes up said Negroe, and secures him in any goal, so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward, paid by
JOHN ROAN.
Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 28, 1773
- Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Name not given
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): Age not given
Slave Date of Birth:
Date of Registry or Record: August 28, 1776
Slave Memo: Offered for sale in 1776, probably to settle the estate of Roan, who died in October, 1775. Text of ad placed by Roan's executors:
TO BE SOLD, A LIKELY young NEGROE MAN; any person inclining to purchase him, may be informed, by applying to Anne Roan, or Joseph Boyd, in Londonderry township, Lancaster county, executors of the estate of the Rev. John Roan, deceased, or to the goal keeper in Lancaster. July 17, 1776.
Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 28, 1776
- Owner's Surname: Rodgers
Owner's First Name: Robert
Owner's City:
Owner's Township: West Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation:
Owner--Memo:
- Counter: 344
Slave Surname, if known: Jackson
Slave Given Name: Simon
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record:
Slave Memo: Status: Slave to age 28.
Source: Children of Previously Registered Slaves
- Owner's Surname: Rogers
Owner's First Name: Andrew
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
(Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Farmer
Owner--Memo: Rogers' slave was registered by Robert Boal, acting
as his attorney.
- Counter: 118
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Samuel
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 06
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Boy, aged 6 years, a
"slave during life."
Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Owner's Surname: Rogers
Owner's First Name: James
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
(Lancaster, at time of 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Miller
Owner--Memo: Rogers' slave was registered by Robert Boal, acting
as his attorney.
- Counter: 117
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Adam
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 25
years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Man, aged about 25
years, a "slave during life."
Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Owner's Surname: Rogers
Owner's First Name: William
Owner's Township: Hanover
Owner's County: Dauphin
(Lancaster, at the time of the 1780 registration)
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Blacksmith
Owner--Memo:
Rogers' slaves were registered by Robert Boal, acting as his attorney.
- Counter: 119
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Sue
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): about 22
years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Wench, aged about 22
years, a "slave during life."
Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
- Counter: 120
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jack
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): about 4 years old at registration
Date of Registry or Record: 10/25/1780
Slave Memo: Registered at Lancaster as a "Negroe Boy, aged about 4
years, a "slave during life."
Source: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780
| "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"
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