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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 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1731983 1731983]). Records are from various eastern states, including New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Georgia, and Virginia. | ||
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. | ||