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various aspects of enslavement in Pennsylvania

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Slaveholders

Slaveholders Listed on this Page

  1. Huber, Bartholomew (Enslaved persons listed: Sam, Katy, Gifford)
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Enslavement Data

  • Slaveholder Name: Huber, Bartholomew
    City or Township: Allentown
    County: Lehigh (originally Northampton)
    Occupation: Tanner
    Notes:

    1. Enslaved Person's Name: Bamby
      Sex: Male
      Age: "about thirty years old"
      Date of Birth: circa 1748
      Status: Slave for life; self-emancipated September 1778
      Description: "Negro man"
      Notes: Bamby escaped on September 13, 1778 from Huber:
      EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
      RAN AWAY on Sunday the 13th inst. from the subscriber, living in Allens Town, Northampton County, a Negro man named BAMBY, about thirty years old, five feet six inches high; had on when he rean away, a light coloured jacket, tow trowsers, a large cocked hat, and pewter shoe buckles: It is suspected he will work as a tanner. Whoever takes up said negro and brings him back to the subscriber, or secures him in any gaol in this state so that his master may have him again, shall receive the above reward, paid by
      BARTHOLOMEW HUBER. Sept. 18.
      Date of Record: 18 September 1778
      Source: The Pennsylvania Packet, 19 September 1778.


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