slavery in pennsylvania 

Bedford 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.

Bedford County enslavement data

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

• Bedford County Certificates of Claim to Negroes
  Claims by Virginia slaveholders for African Americans residing in Bedford County

• Bedford County Images of Slave Registrations
  Images of original letters of registration for enslaved persons.

Bedford County misc

• Bedford County TNT
  "This and That" information about African American history in Bedford County