slavery in pennsylvania

Cumberland 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.

Cumberland County enslavement data

Slaves listed by slaveholder's surname

• Cumberland County Slaveholders A-B
• Cumberland County Slaveholders C-E
• Cumberland County Slaveholders F-I
• Cumberland County Slaveholders J-Ma
• Cumberland County Slaveholders Mc-Mu
• Cumberland County Slaveholders N-R
• Cumberland County Slaveholders S-Y

Misc. Slave Data

• Cumberland County Slaves Listed in the 1800 Septennial Census
  List of 143 slaves in Cumberland County in 1800, by township.
• Cumberland County Slaves Listed in the 1807 Septennial Census
  List of 44 slaves in Cumberland County in 1807, by township.
• Known Surnames of Slaves in Cumberland County
  Those slaves whose surnames are known are listed here along with the slaveholder last associated with them.
• Cumberland County Miscellaneous Slave Data
  Data which does not fit into the format of other pages on this Web site, generally without named slaveholders.

other Cumberland County pages

• Upper Allen Freed Slave Cemetery
  Tombstone transcriptions for this restored burial site