slavery in pennsylvania

Chester County index page

above:  slaves, chained together in a coffle, are paraded through the streets of Washington D.C. on their way to the slave market.  Detail from a larger print in the Library of Congress.

 Chester County enslavement data

• 1780 Registrations For Chester County
  Not a complete listing of slaves. This is from a secondary source.
• Chester County slaveholders, from the 1780 register of slaves:
• Surnames A-B
• Surnames C-D
• Surnames E-G
• Surnames H-L
• Surnames M-O
• Surnames P-R
• Surnames S-Y
• Chester County Slaves Listed in the 1800 Septennial Census
  Lists of slaves in Chester County in 1800, by township.
• Chester County Jailed Slaves
  African Americans held in the Chester County jail, believed to be slaves who have escaped from owners outside of the county or state.

 other Chester County pages

• Chester County This and That
  Stories and data about slaves and free persons of color
• Burials at Hosanna Church, Chester County
  transcriptions by Coni Porter Uzelac
• Chester County Links and Resources
  Web links and other resources of interest to Chester County researchers.
• Obituary of James "General" Jackson, West Chester Borough
  With notes and commentary