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An important history is Edward Raymond Turner, ''The Negro in Pennsylvania: Slavery-Servitude-Freedom, 1639-1861'' (New York, NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=72109&disp=The+Negro+in+Pennsylvania%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.8 F2t]). It includes an extensive bibliography. | An important history is Edward Raymond Turner, ''The Negro in Pennsylvania: Slavery-Servitude-Freedom, 1639-1861'' (New York, NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=72109&disp=The+Negro+in+Pennsylvania%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.8 F2t]). It includes an extensive bibliography. | ||
See also Charles L. Blockson, ''African Americans in Pennsylvania: A History and Guide''(Baltimore, Maryland.: A DuForcelf book published by Black Classic Press, 1994; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F2bL book 974.8 F2bL).] | See also Charles L. Blockson, ''African Americans in Pennsylvania: A History and Guide''(Baltimore, Maryland.: A DuForcelf book published by Black Classic Press, 1994; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F2bL book 974.8 F2bL).] | ||
A brief but helpful reference to sources at the State Archives is David McBride, ''The Afro-American in Pennsylvania: A Critical Guide to Sources in the Pennsylvania State Archives'' (Harrisburg, PA.: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1979; Family History Library book 974.8 A1 no. 199). | A brief but helpful reference to sources at the State Archives is David McBride, ''The Afro-American in Pennsylvania: A Critical Guide to Sources in the Pennsylvania State Archives'' (Harrisburg, PA.: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1979; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+A1 book 974.8 A1] no. 199). | ||
A potential source for information about individuals is Pennsylvania Abolition Society (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), ''Manumissions and Indentures, ca. 1780-1840, Arranged by Name of Master or Slaveholder ''(on 7 Family History Library films beginning with 1731983). Records are from various eastern states, including New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Georgia, and Virginia. | A potential source for information about individuals is Pennsylvania Abolition Society (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), ''Manumissions and Indentures, ca. 1780-1840, Arranged by Name of Master or Slaveholder ''(on 7 Family History Library films beginning with 1731983). Records are from various eastern states, including New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Georgia, and Virginia. | ||
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Freedman's Savings and Trust Company signature cards or registers may list a person's former masters, birth date, birthplace, occupation, residences, death information, parents, children, spouses, or siblings. Pennsylvania had one branch of this bank at Philadelphia from 1870 to 1874. | Freedman's Savings and Trust Company signature cards or registers may list a person's former masters, birth date, birthplace, occupation, residences, death information, parents, children, spouses, or siblings. Pennsylvania had one branch of this bank at Philadelphia from 1870 to 1874. | ||
The signature registers for this branch are listed as Freedman's Savings and Trust Company (Washington, D.C.), 1865-1874, ''Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874'' (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969; Family History Library film 928587). Depositors are in order by account number. | The signature registers for this branch are listed as Freedman's Savings and Trust Company (Washington, D.C.), 1865-1874, ''Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874'' (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969; Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=928587 928587]). Depositors are in order by account number. | ||
The separate Freedman's Bureau records do not normally name relatives or give genealogical information. They can be found in the Subject Search of the Family History Library Catalog under FREEDMEN - PENNSYLVANIA. | The separate Freedman's Bureau records do not normally name relatives or give genealogical information. They can be found in the Subject Search of the Family History Library Catalog under FREEDMEN - PENNSYLVANIA. | ||