Vibrant Black communities arise
from the ashes of slavery

Study Areas

Enslavement

Anti-Slavery

Free Persons of Color

Underground Railroad

The Violent Decade

US Colored Troops

Year of Jubilee (1863)

20th Century

African Americans in the 1830 Census

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Page One

Halifax Totals

Total African American residents:  33 (16 male, 17 female)
Identified African American households:  5
African Americans living with white families:  1 female, aged 55-100.
Number of African Americans in independent households:  32 (16 male, 16, female). Note that forty percent of the free African American community in Halifax consists of children under age 10, indicating a strong family environment.

Jackson Township Totals

Total African American residents: 9 (4 male, 5 female)
Identified African American households: 2
African Americans living with white families: 3
Number of African Americans in independent households: 6 (4 male, 2, female).

Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township Totals

Total African American residents: 6 (4 male, 2 female)
Identified African American households:  1, in Millersburg
African Americans living with white families:  1 male, age 10-24
Number of African Americans in independent households:  5 (3 male, 2 female).

Middle Paxton Township Totals

Total African American residents: 24 (13 male, 11 female)
Identified African American households:  3
African Americans living with white families:  7
Number of African Americans in independent households:  17

Susquehanna Township Totals

Total African American residents: 13 (6 male, 7 female)
Identified African American households:  1
African Americans living with white families:  12, 7 of whom are identified as slaves.
Number of African Americans in independent households:  1 male

Lower Paxton Township Totals

Total African American residents: 10 (5 male, 5 female)
Identified African American households:  2
African Americans living with white families:  4 (2 male, 2 female)
Number of African Americans in independent households:  6

Hanover Township Totals

Total African American residents: 21 (8 male, 13 female)
Identified African American households:  3
African Americans living with white families:  7, 6 of whom are identified as slaves.
Number of African Americans in independent households:  14

Source for this material

Population Schedules of the Fifth Census of the United States: 1830.  Pennsylvania, Dauphin County. Microfilm in the Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA.