. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. r the torment in Hell, and on the last dayI shall ask from ye an account of your sins, when ye shall be forced to shall wear this letter on his person, or keep it in his house, he shallnot suffer from Lightning, he shall be safe from Fire or Water, and whosoevershall reveal it to the sons of men, shall have his reward and a cheerful partin
. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. r the torment in Hell, and on the last dayI shall ask from ye an account of your sins, when ye shall be forced to shall wear this letter on his person, or keep it in his house, he shallnot suffer from Lightning, he shall be safe from Fire or Water, and whosoevershall reveal it to the sons of men, shall have his reward and a cheerful partingfrom this world. Keep my commandment which I have sent ye through myAngels. It was I, God on Heavens Throne, Son of God and Mary, Amen. This occurred at Madgeburg, in the year 1783. NOTE 61. (page 213.) Slavery in York County. SLAVERY was introduced into the Colony of Virginia in1620, by the arrival of a Dutch Trading Vessel at Norfolk,loaded with colored Africans. It existed in Pennsylvaniaunder the Swedes and the Dutch, prior to the granting ofthe province to William Penn. The Colonial Assembly as earlyas 1712, passed an act to restrain its increase. The PennsylvaniaSociety for the abolition of slavery was founded in 1775. In 1780. AFRICAN SLAVERY. (01(1 Print.) the legislature passed an act for its gradual abolition. The priceof an imported negro, about the middle of the last century rangedfrom ;i^4o to ^loo Pennsylvania currency. Among the persons who owned slaves in York in 1780 wereMichael Swoope 2, and Baltzer Spengler, Jr., 3. In the entirecoimty, which included Adams county, there were in 1783, 471slaves; in 1790, 499; in 1800, ]]\ in 1810, 22, and in 1820, to the York Peoples Reporter (German) of January 22,1801, the taxables of York county, including Adams, in 1793 were6,974; in 1800, York county 5,132, slaves 62; in Adams county2,568, slaves 94. The last slave in York county died in 1841.
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