Enslavement in Pennsylvania

Source: Email correspondence with Fred Kelso, December 22, 23, 2002.
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Reference Number: 152

Source: "Slaves and Indentured Servants in Dauphin County Wills," Typescript, n.d.
Notes: Abstract of names and slavery data from Dauphin County Will Books, A-D, researcher unknown. Repository: In a folder marked "Slaves," in The Alexander Family Library of the Historical Society of Dauphin County, Harrisburg, PA.

Reference Number: 153

Source: Slave Register, Chester County, Pennsylvania, November 1, 1780
Notes: Record of slaves and servants returned to the Clerk of the Peace, Chester County, PA. Official copy, dated September 11, 1793, of the original records from the Prothonotary's office for the County of Chester. Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA.

Reference Number: 154

Source: African Americans in Perry County: 1820-1925, Janet Taylor, The Perry Historians, Newport, PA, 2011
Notes: Janet Taylor's 2011 book lists slaveholders and slaves on pages 13-23, citing township tax records and census records.