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=== 1700 - 1780 Court for trial of Negroes === | === 1700 - 1780 Court for trial of Negroes === | ||
This court was established in each county with the responsibility for trying Negroes who were accused of committing crimes. This court was abolished in 1780. The library has none of these records, but it does have ''Pennsylvania, Court of Quarter Sessions (Bedford County), Slave records, 1780-1834'' (Family History Library film 1465907). These records contain lists of slaves belonging to various owners. Sometimes the age, birthdate, and parents are given. It also includes petitions to keep services of a slave past age 28, claims on runaway slaves, bills of sale, and apprentice indentures. | This court was established in each county with the responsibility for trying Negroes who were accused of committing crimes. This court was abolished in 1780. The library has none of these records, but it does have ''Pennsylvania, Court of Quarter Sessions (Bedford County), Slave records, 1780-1834'' (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=479709&disp=Slave+records%2C+1780%2D1834%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1465907]). These records contain lists of slaves belonging to various owners. Sometimes the age, birthdate, and parents are given. It also includes petitions to keep services of a slave past age 28, claims on runaway slaves, bills of sale, and apprentice indentures. | ||
=== 1720 - 1735 Court of chancery/equity === | === 1720 - 1735 Court of chancery/equity === | ||