Slaveholders Listed on this Page
- Cromwell, Thomas (Slaves: Unnamed woman)
- Evans, George (Slaves: Unnamed boy)
- Girty, Thomas (Slaves: Jack)
- Horner, James (Slaves: Unnamed woman, Unnamed man)
- Perry, John (Slaves: Unnamed man)
- Peters, Lewis (Slaves: Unnamed woman)
- Skelton, Josiah W. (Slaves: Unnamed woman)
- Steel, David (Slaves: Jack)
- Wallace, George (Slaves: Jefferson)
Enslavement Data
- Slaveholder Name: Cromwell, Thomas
City or Township: Pittsburgh
County: Allegheny County
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Unnamed Woman
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: "about 45 years"
Slave Date of Birth: c1768
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: Slave
Slave Notes: Advertised for sale in June 1813. Text of advertisement:
Negro Woman for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for Sale a Negro Woman, aged about 45 years, a slave for life. She may be seen by applying to Mr. Samuel Mercer, at the jail in this place. Any person purchasing her must obligate himself to take her at least 20 miles from Pittsburgh--to such a person a great bargain will be given.
THOMAS CROMWELL.
Pittsburgh, June 14, 1813.
Date of Record: 14 June 1813
Sources: Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette, 09 July 1813, page 3.
- Slaveholder Name: Evans, George
City or Township: Pittsburgh
County: Allegheny County
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Unnamed Boy
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: Not given, described as a "boy"
Slave Date of Birth: Not known
Slave Status: Slave for a term of years
Slave Description: Mulatto Boy
Slave Notes: Advertised for sale in November 1813. Text of advertisement:
A MULATTO.
The subscriber will sell the unexpired
Time of a
MULATTO BOY.
GEORGE EVANS.
Pittsburgh, November 12, 1813.
Date of Record: 12 November 1813
Sources: Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette, 26 November 1813, page 3.
- Slaveholder Name: Girty, Thomas
City or Township: Plumb Township
County: Allegheny County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: See also the runaway listing from David Steel.
- Slave Name: Jack
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: "about 40 years of age"
Slave Date of Birth: c1747
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: Negro fellow
Slave Notes: This is the same man who escaped from David Steel in June 1787. Jack then escaped from Girty in August 1789. Text of runaway advertisement:
RANAWAY on the 19th instant, from the subscriber, living on Plumb creek, Alleghany county, a negro man named JACK, he is about 40 years of age, and his hair is not so curly, nor so much like wool, as the most of negroes. It is supposed he is lurking about Pittsburgh. Whoever will take up said Negro and deliver him to his master, shall receive Two Dollars Reward, paid by
THOMAS GIRTY.
August 21, 1789
Date of Record: 21 August 1789
Sources: Pittburgh Weekly Gazette, 10 September 1789, page 3.
- Slaveholder Name: Horner, James
City or Township: Pitt Township
County: Allegheny County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes:
- Slave Name: Unnamed Woman
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: 24
Slave Date of Birth: 1776
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: Slave
Slave Notes: Enumerated in the 1800 Septennial Census of Pitt Township
Date of Record: 1800
Sources: "Allegheny County PA Archives Tax Lists - 1800 Septennial Census - Allegheny County," US GenWeb, Transcribed from the microfilm of original documents of the; Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg; Record Group 7,Records of the General Assembly; House of Representatives; Septennial Census Returns (Series 7.26), Westmoreland County.
- Slave Name: Unnamed Man
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: "between 30 and 40d years of age"
Slave Date of Birth: between 1772 and 1782
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: "Black Man"
Slave Notes: Advertised for sale by James Horner in February 1812. Text of sale advertisement:
FOR SALE,
A BLACK MAN, between 30 and 40 years of age, stout made and healthy. A slave for life. For particulars apply to SUTTON & M'NICKEL, Pittsburgh, or to the subscriber in Pitt township.
JAMES HORNER.
February 11, 1812
Date of Record: 11 February 1812
Sources: Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette, 28 February 1812, page 3.
- Slaveholder Name: Perry, John
City or Township: Braddock's Field
County: Allegheny County
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Unnamed Man
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: "about 40 years of age"
Slave Date of Birth: c1749
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: Negro Man
Slave Notes: This man escaped from Perry in March 1789. Text of runaway advertisement:
RANAWAY on the 11th instant, a Negro Man about 40 years of age has lost two of his fore teeth speaks midling good English, had on when he went away a pair of striped linen trowsers, a new course linen shirt, an old brown coat, an old felt hat, and a pair of tanned mokasins. Whoever takes up said negro, and brings him home, or secures him so that his owner may get him again, shall receive Two Dollars Reward, and reasonable charges.
JOHN PERRY.
Braddock's Field, March 23, 1789
Date of Record: 24 February 1818
Sources: Pittburgh Weekly Gazette, 11 April 1789, page 4.
- Slaveholder Name: Peters, Lewis
City or Township: Pittsburgh
County: Allegheny County
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Unnamed Woman
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: "21 years old"
Slave Date of Birth: 06 March 1795
Slave Status: Slave for 28 years
Slave Description: "Negro Woman"
Slave Notes: This woman was offered for sale in May 1816. Text of advertisement:
FOR SALE,
A STOUT healthy Negro WOMAN. She was 21 years old the 6th day of March last, and has to serve until 28. For particulars enquire of the Subscriber.
LEWIS PETERS.
Pittsburgh, May 30, 1816.
Date of Record: 30 May 1816
Sources: Pittburgh Gazette, 6 July 1816.
- Slaveholder Name: Skelton, Josiah W.
City or Township: Pittsburgh
County: Allegheny County
Occupation: Druggist
Notes: Skelton's business was at the corner of Wood and Third Streets, Pittsburgh.
- Slave Name: Unnamed Woman
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age: 46
Slave Date of Birth: 1772
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: Negro Woman
Slave Notes: Advertised for sale in February 1818. Text of advertisement:
A Negro Woman
FOR SALE.
A Negro Woman 46 years of age, a slave for life, she is a good plain cook, and understands well, washing, ironing and scrubbing; she has a remarkable strong constitution, and can undergo great fatigue. She is well provided with clothes, and is fond of young children.
Enquire of
J. W. SKELTON.
February 24.
Date of Record: 24 February 1818
Sources: Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette, 20 March 1818, page 1.
- Slaveholder Name: Steel, David
City or Township: St. Clair Township
County: Allegheny County
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: See also the 1789 runaway notice from Thomas Girty.
- Slave Name: Jack
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: "about 40 years old"
Slave Date of Birth: c1747
Slave Status: Slave for life
Slave Description: Negro fellow
Slave Notes: Jack escaped from Steel in June 1787. Text of runaway advertisement:
RAN away from the subscriber a Negro fellow named Jack; five feet six or seven inches high, about forty years old, speaks bad English, he is of a swarthy complexion, his hair more like a whiteman's than Negro's, it is supposed he will endeavour to pass for a freeman. Whoever takes up said Negro and delivers him to Thomas Girty in Pittsburgh, shall be generously rewarded by me
DAVID STEEL.
June 14, 1787
Two years later, Jack escaped from Thomas Girty in Plum Creek.
Date of Record: 14 June 1787
Sources: Pittburgh Weekly Gazette, 16 June 1787, page 3.
- Slaveholder Name: Wallace, George
City or Township: "Braddock's Field, near Pittsburgh"
County: Allegheny County
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Jefferson
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age: "about 19 years of age"
Slave Date of Birth: c1802
Slave Status: Escaped; self-emancipated
Slave Description: "Negro boy"
Slave Notes: Jefferson escaped from Wallace in company with another enslaved man named Dick, in September 1821. Text of runaway advertisement:
$20 REWARD.
RAN away on the 30th of last month from the subscriber, living on Braddock's field, near Pittsburgh, a negro boy, named JEFFERSON;
about 19 years of age, five feet six or seven inches in height. The clothing he took with him, was a roundabout, jacket, and trowsers, of blue striped cotton, a pair of tow-linen trowsers, a white vest and two two shirts, a wool hat somewhat less than half worn. He has a scar on the top of his head, occasioned by the fall of a brick from a scaffold when a child, which yet continues tender and causes pain when pressed, he is fond of whiskey and will get drunk, at which time he has a stupid look, he effects to be a rigid methodist, and is fond of singing hymns, which he frequently practices. I will give the above reward and all reasonable charges if brought home, or twenty dollars for securing him in any jail in the U. States, so that I can get him again. He went away in company with a yellow man named DICK, who sometimes calls himself Henry Dickson, the property of J. & H. Wallace, who will give a reasonable reward for his apprehension.
Geo. Wallace
Pittsburgh Oct. 19
Date of Record: 19 October 1821
Sources: Pittburgh Weekly Gazette, 4 January 1822
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