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Enslavement in Pennsylvania

Cumberland County Miscellaneous Enslavement Data

The items and data on this page do not list a specific slaveholder, yet contain valuable or fascinating data about individual enslaved persons, slave culture or life. As with the other pages, sources are listed and a link is provided to a separate source page which provides information about that source and where it may be found.

Enslavement Items

  • Name: Suckey ("Negroe Suckey")
    Date of item: May 1780, May 1781
    Location: Carlisle
    Item: Court Order--punishment for arson
    Details/Text: "Cumberland County --May 1780
    Republica vs Negroe Suckey -- Arson
    Judgement that Negroe Suckey be hanged by the Neck till she be dead."

    "Cumberland County --May 1781
    Republica vs Negroe Suckey -- Convicted of Arson
    Sentenced to death."
    Notes:
    Source: Records of the (Pennsylvania) Supreme Court, pages 67, 108.

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