Hi Dora- There were lots more than 3 people in Chester Co. in 1790 who owned slaves. Look at my list of slave owners on my web page "African-Americans in Chester & Delaware Counties." <www.springhillfarm.com/broomhall/slaveown.html> Anne Wiegle -----Original Message----- From: Dora Smith [SMTP:tiggernut_48@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 11:02 PM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] Re: slavery My 3X great grandparents, John and Isabella Smith, worked for a time in London Britain township, for John Whitten Esq, a large dairy farmer and local justice of hte peace, who according to the 1790 census owned three slaves. I think he may have been one of only three people in Chester County who owned slaves. Yours, Dora --- REDSKI9136@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/31/00 9:14:25 AM Eastern > Daylight Time, > o2bab@bedford.net writes: > > << Interesting comment on little girl sold > (seld indenture for x number of > years) to Caleb Pusey. My Alexander Ross was > stolen off the streets of > either Scotland or Northern Ireland and was > indentured to Caleb Pusey at age > of 12. Alexander Ross became a man of great > wealth. He moved from Chester > Co with a whole group of Quakers to found > Hopewell Meeting in VA. > >> > > Hi Cathy, > > I was interduced to a web site, in > the last day or so,that > mentions many of our Pa. residents that owned > slaves. It also list many of > their names. I have to admit that learning > about this site, has really thrown > me a bit. Many of my own family's names are > listed their as slaveowners. I > guess I have a lot to learn. I always thought > that slavery was from the > MASON-DIXON line down into the south.I knew > that it extended into Maryland > and that Delaware, seemed to stay nuetral. > Though I knew of the many > Indentured Slaves, I never knew our state was a > slave owning state. Anyway, > this site can be found at (DCGS) and I thank > Anne Weigel, for letting me know > about it. > > > <A > HREF="http://www.springhillfarm.com/broomhall/african.html">Click > here: > African-American Ches & Del Co Update > 2/19/2000</A> > http://www.springhillfarm.com/broomhall/african.html > > > > Mary Jane, > > Bright Star > > > ==== PADELAWA Mailing List ==== > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/