. 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. 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, t
. 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. 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 Hon. THADDEUS STEVENS. (P. 567. SLAVERY IN YORK COUNTY. 577 Slavery in York County ioo Years Ago. The Subjoined advertisements and notices from The Pennsyl-vania Herald and York Advertiser, may be of interest. Theyexhibit the horrors of slavery, in which husband was ruthlesslytorn from wife and the mother from her children. Rachel cry-ing for her children would not be BE SOLD. A healthy stout Mulatto Wench i6 years old: She had the small pox aud mea-sles, can cook, wash and can do most sorts of house work. Inquire of RobertWhite, Tavern Keeper. Feby. 14, 1798.
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