slavery in pennsylvania 

Adams County index page

above:  European slave trader examines a recently captured African to be sold into slavery in the Americas.  Detail from a larger print in the Library of Congress.

Adams County enslavement data

• Adams County Slaveholders A-W
  Slaveholders and enslaved persons, listed by slaveholder's surname.

• Adams County Slaves Listed in the 1800 Septennial Census
  Lists of enslaved persons and slaveholders in Adams County, by township.

• Adams County Miscellaneous Slavery Notes
  Data and notes about slaves and slavery that do not fit into other pages

other Adams County pages

• Gettysburg Slave Advertisement
  Advertisement from the Adams Sentinel, 1830