NY abolished slavery in 1827, under gradual emancipation law. Children born after that date were free, other children were freed when they reached 18 or 21 (not sure which); there were other provisions too. Here's a web site that has some info on slavery: http://innercity.org/holt/chron_1790_1829.html Rebecca Rector Troy, NY At 11:43 PM 6/17/00 -0400, you wrote: >When was slavery banned in NYSE? I thought it was in the 1790s but maybe that >was VT. > > >==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== >Barbara's Genealogy Page: http://members.tripod.com/~JeffriesB >Rensselaer County Genweb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ >GenConnect >Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Rensselaer >Listowner, Pat Connors: mailto:nymets11@pacbell.net