The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
Document Type
Dataset
File Format
.doc (original), .xlsx, .txt
Abstract
The Bucks County Register of Slaves includes the name, occupation, and township of enslavers as well as the name, gender, and age of persons enslaved in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Manumission dates, racial status, and other notes are also noted for some of the slaves.
Time Period: Start Date of Data Collection
1997
Time Period: End Date of Data Collection
1997
Time Period: Start Date of Data Coverage
1783
Time Period: End Date of Data Coverage
1830
Date of this Version
1-21-2015
Source(s)
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Office of the Prothonotary, Register of Slaves, 1783-1830.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Wright, Robert E., "Slaves in Bucks County, Pennsylvania," 01/01/97 - 01/01/97. 6. Philadelphia, PA: McNeil Center for Early American Studies [distributor], 2015. https://repository.upenn.edu
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Article Location
Date Posted: 26 January 2015
Comments
Originally compiled in .doc format.