{"id":518,"date":"2018-04-04T14:01:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T14:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/?p=518"},"modified":"2018-05-16T13:33:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T13:33:10","slug":"researching-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/2018\/04\/04\/researching-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Guide: Slavery in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This research guide offers digital tools for teachers and students to explore the history of slavery and abolition in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pennsylvania County Slave Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adams County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us\/bah\/dam\/rg\/di\/r47-SlaveRecords\/r47-SlaveRecords-Adams\/r47-SlaveRecords-AdamsInterface.htm#AdamsSlave\">Register<\/a> (1800-1820)<\/li>\n<li>Bedford County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us\/bah\/dam\/rg\/di\/r47-SlaveRecords\/r47-SlaveRecords-Bedford\/r47-SlaveRecords-Bedford3rdGroup.htm#bedford3\">Returns<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us\/bah\/dam\/rg\/di\/r47-SlaveRecords\/r47-SlaveRecords-Bedford\/r47-SlaveRecords-Bedford1stGroup.htm#bedfordslave1\">c. 1780 Register<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us\/bah\/dam\/rg\/di\/r47-SlaveRecords\/r47-SlaveRecords-Bedford\/r47-SlaveRecords-Bedford2ndGroup.htm#bedford2\">c. 1820 Register<\/a> (1780-1834)<\/li>\n<li>Bucks County <a href=\"https:\/\/repository.upenn.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&amp;context=mead\">Register<\/a> (1783-1830)<\/li>\n<li>Centre County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us\/bah\/dam\/rg\/di\/r47-SlaveRecords\/r47-SlaveRecords-Centre\/r47-SlaveRecords-CentreInterface.htm#CentreSlave\">Returns<\/a> (1803-1830)<\/li>\n<li>Chester County <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesco.org\/1724\/Negro-Servant-Returns-1788-1821\">Returns<\/a> (1788-1821)<\/li>\n<li>Cumberland County <a href=\"http:\/\/ccweb.ccpa.net\/archives\/Inventory?PSID=541\">Returns<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ccweb.ccpa.net\/archives\/RecordGroupSeries?RGID=10&amp;RID=3\">Register<\/a> (1780-1826)<\/li>\n<li>Dauphin County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us\/bah\/dam\/rg\/di\/r47-SlaveRecords\/r47-SlaveRecords-Dauphin\/r47-SlaveRecords-DauphinInterface.htm#dauphin\">Tax Records<\/a> (1800, 1807)<\/li>\n<li>Fayette County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us\/bah\/dam\/rg\/di\/r47-SlaveRecords\/r47-SlaveRecords-Fayette\/r47-SlaveRecords-FayetteInterface.htm#fayette\">Register<\/a> (1788-1826)<\/li>\n<li>Lancaster County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us\/bah\/dam\/rg\/di\/r47-SlaveRecords\/r47-SlaveRecords-Lancaster\/r47-SlaveRecords-LancasterIndex.htm#LancasterIndex\">Index of Slave Owners<\/a> (1780-1834)<\/li>\n<li>Washington County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us\/bah\/dam\/rg\/di\/r47-SlaveRecords\/r47-SlaveRecords-Washington\/r47-SlaveRecords-WashingtonInterface.htm#washington\">Register<\/a> (1782-1851)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pennsylvania Laws and Court Cases<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us\/portal\/communities\/documents\/1776-1865\/abolition-slavery.html\">Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery<\/a>\u00a0(1780)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/presidentshouse\/history\/amendment1788.php\">Amendment to the 1780 Law<\/a> (1788)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=Z7oUAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA476&amp;dq=jack+durham+1788+franklin+county&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjht4ay9araAhWi4IMKHRgADekQ6AEINzAD#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Trial and Execution of Jack Durham, Franklin County Slave<\/a> (1788)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=tQBIAQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA367&amp;lpg=PA367&amp;dq=nelly+v.+pennsylvania+1823&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=GvncAvaHYz&amp;sig=MVenwCcHfZf5QWRcGE2FFFWpL4g&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjK3b_ap6jaAhXhz4MKHWHtAsAQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Stiles v. Nelly<\/a> (1823)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/pennsylvania-personal-liberty-law-1826\/\">Pennsylvania Personal Liberty Law<\/a> (1826)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oyez.org\/cases\/1789-1850\/41us539\">Prigg v. Pennsylvania<\/a> (1842)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.35112203454162;view=1up;seq=1111\">An Act to Prevent Kidnapping<\/a> (1847)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Slavery and Northern Colleges<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/brown.edu\/Research\/Slavery_Justice\/\">Brown University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu\/\">Georgetown University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardandslavery.com\">Harvard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slavery.princeton.edu\">Princeton<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Letters and Diaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/franklinpapers.org\/franklin\/\/\">Benjamin Franklin Papers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Isaac T. Hopper <a href=\"http:\/\/web.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/speccoll\/quakersandslavery\/commentary\/people\/hopper.php\">Biography<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/triptych.brynmawr.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/HC_QuakSlav\/id\/7946\">Papers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.dickinson.edu\/digitized-resources\/life-and-letters-rev-john-mclintock\">Published Letters<\/a> of Prof. John McClintock, discussing the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gardnerlibrary.org\/journal\/mcclintock-slave-riot-1847\">McClintock Riot<\/a> (1847)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalcommonwealth.org\/search?f%5Bname_facet_ssim%5D%5B%5D=M%27Kim%2C+J.+Miller+%28James+Miller%29%2C+1810-1874\">James Miller McKim Letters<\/a>\u00a0(Class of 1828)<\/li>\n<li>William Still <a href=\"https:\/\/hsp.org\/history-online\/digital-history-projects\/pennsylvania-abolition-society-papers\/journal-c-of-station-no-2-william-still-1852-1857-0\">Journal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=8ANWAAAAcAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=Underground+railroad+william+still&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjq8rK99qraAhUW24MKHUl_C8QQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Book<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Speeches and Anti-Slavery Conventions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ebooks.library.cornell.edu\/m\/mayantislavery\/index.html\">Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalhistory.hsp.org\/pafrm\/doc\/constitution-pennsylvania-society-promoting-abolition-slaveryacts-general-assembly\">Constitution of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society<\/a> (1787)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This research guide offers digital tools for teachers and students to explore the history of slavery and abolition in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania County Slave Records Adams County Register (1800-1820) Bedford County Returns\u00a0and c. 1780 Register and c. 1820 Register (1780-1834) Bucks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/2018\/04\/04\/researching-slavery\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3689,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3689"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}