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Slaves in Westmoreland County
From Wade Danser, March 18, 2006
I read a Yahoo story about teachers in New York
educating students about slavery in their state. I was born and
raised in Westmoreland County, so I Googled "Slaves in Westmoreland
County," and was directed to your site. Thank you so much for the
information. Never in school were we taught about slavery in our
own county. I think it should be required! All too often
schools talk about slavery in the South, and never did it cross my mind
that there would have been slaves in Westmoreland. I lived in
Georgia for about a year, and saw some graves where slaves were buried.
Very little on the marker if anything. I now wonder if there have
been any graves discovered in Westmoreland County.
Wade Danser
Tucson AZ
Enslavement in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania