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A
female slave is auctioned in Virginia. Detail of a print in the
Library of Congress.
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- Buying a Slave
Where did Pennsylvanians buy slaves?
- Pennsylvania
Slave Merchants
Who were some of the professional dealers in slaves, in Pennsylvania? - Resistance by Slaves
What are some of the ways slaves resisted their bondage?
- Slave Names
How did slaves get their names?
- Agriculture and Slaves
How were slaves used on Pennsylvania farms? Did Pennsylvania have "plantations?"
- Profiles of William Kelso and Sons
by Fred Kelso
The Kelso family operated a ferry and owned slaves in Dauphin, Cumberland and Erie counties. Included on this page are photographs by Fred Kelso of the July 4, 2000 re-enactment of the operation of the Kelso-Harris ferry. This re-enactment featured a replica of the original ferry craft used by the Kelso and Harris families.
- An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery--text
Full text of the original act, passed on March 1st, 1780.
- A Comparison of Servitude Agreements
Full text of separate servitude agreements for two young men, one white and one
Black.
- Images of Slavery
Scans of original newspaper advertisements offering slaves for sale, registration documents and miscellaneous documents, and
discussion of commercial images including Nathaniel Currier's Branding Slaves on the Coast of Africa. Also included are photographs of slave burial sites and histories of slave burials at local cemeteries.
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