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A series of pages exploring various aspects of enslavement in Pennsylvania
Adams County Index Page
Adams County was created in 1800 from parts of York County. The original 1780 slave registrations for slaveholders in this area would have been made in York County.
Adams County Enslavement Data
- Adams County Slaveholders A-C
Slaveholders and enslaved persons, listed by slaveholder's surname. - Adams County Slaveholders D-H
Slaveholders and enslaved persons, listed by slaveholder's surname. - Adams County Slaveholders I-M
Slaveholders and enslaved persons, listed by slaveholder's surname. - Adams County Slaveholders N-W
Slaveholders and enslaved persons, listed by slaveholder's surname. - Enslaved Persons in the 1800 Adams County Septennial Census
Lists of enslaved persons and slaveholders by township. - Anonymous Slavery Advertisements
Advertisements from unidentified people selling enslaved persons. - Adams County Miscellaneous Enslavement Notes
Data and notes about enslaved persons and slavery that do not fit into other pages
Other Adams County Pages
- Gettysburg Enslavement Advertisements
Advertisement from the Adams Sentinel, 1830