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A series of pages exploring
various aspects of enslavement in Pennsylvania
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Index Page
Dauphin County Enslavement Data
- Dauphin County Slaveholders A-B
- Dauphin County Slaveholders C
- Dauphin County Slaveholders D-F
- Dauphin County Slaveholders G-J
- Dauphin County Slaveholders K-N
- Dauphin County Slaveholders P-R
- Dauphin County Slaveholders S-Y
Miscellaneous Enslavement Data
- 1790 Census of Dauphin County Slaveholders
Names of slaveholders and the number of enslaved people enumerated during the 1790 federal census. Excluding the area which is now Lebanon County. - 1798 Direct Tax List of Slaveholders
Slaveholders and number of taxable slaves, by township and town. - Dauphin County Enslaved People Listed in the 1800 Septennial Census
Names of enslaved people found in the Septennial Census for Dauphin County. This includes the area which is now Lebanon County. Also included is a fragment of the 1807 Septennial Census. - Known Surnames of Enslaved People in Dauphin County
Those few enslaved persons for whom we know surnames are listed here along with the slaveholder last associated with them. - Dauphin County Miscellaneous Enslavement Data
Data which does not fit into the format of other pages on this Web site, generally without named slaveholders. Includes anonymous slave sale advertisements. - Dauphin County Anonymoust Slave Sale Ads
Additional advertisements to sell enslaved persons, from enslavers wishing to remain anonymous. - Dauphin County Public Slave Auction Ads
Advertisements for the public auction of enslaved people in Dauphin County. - Dauphin County Jailer Escaped Slave Ads
Notices from the county jailer of the imprisonment of suspected escaped slaves.