slavery in pennsylvania 

Berks 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.

Berks County enslavement data

• Berks County Miscellaneous Slaveholder Data
  Alphabetical list of slaveholders and enslaved persons
• Berks County Slaves Listed in the 1800 Septennial Census
  Lists of enslaved persons and lists of slaveholders in Berks County, by township.

other Berks County pages

• Records of African Americans at the Berks County Poor House
  Deaths and Pregnancies, 1825-1857.