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Lost in Pennsylvania? Try the Published Pennsylvania Archives by Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer, M.L.S., 1999, The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania [1]; Guide to the Published Archives of Pennsylvania Covering the 138 Volumes of Colonial records and Pennsylvania Archives, Series I-IX by Henry Howard, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1949 [2] [3]
Pennsylvania law freed those children born to enslaved mothers after that date. They had to serve lengthy indentured servitude until age 28 before becoming free as adults. Emancipation proceeded, and by 1810, fewer than 1,000 captives were in the Commonwealth. None appeared in records after 1847.
During the American colonial period a freeman was a person who was not a slave. The term originated in 12th-century Europe. In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a man had to be a member of the Church to be a freeman; in neighboring Plymouth Colony a man did not need to be a member of the Church, but he had to be elected to this privilege by the General Court.
Indentured servitude in Pennsylvania (1682-1820s): The institution of indentured servitude has a significant place in the history of labor in Pennsylvania. From the founding of the colony (1681/2) to the early post-revolution period (1820s), indentured servants contributed considerably to the development of agriculture and various industries in ...
The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of what is now ...
This category includes who did defining things while thry were residents of the Province of Pennsylvania prior about July 1776. Those for whom only their life after about that date is defining, or those who only lived in Pennsylvania after that date should go in other categories. The Category should be limited to the de facto limits of ...
The Province of Pennsylvania's colonial government was established in 1683, by William Penn's Frame of Government.Penn was appointed governor and a 72-member Provincial Council and larger General Assembly were responsible for governing the province.
Thomas Holme's 1687 map of Pennsylvania. "The Welch Tract" appears to the left of center. In the late 17th century, there was significant Welsh immigration to Pennsylvania for religious and cultural reasons. In about 1681, a group of Welsh Quakers met with William Penn to secure a land grant to conduct their affairs in their language.