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Registration Details

Date: 30 April 1818

Registrant: Coleman, James

Historical County: Lancaster

Modern County: Lancaster

Residence: Elizabeth

Tags: hereditary term slavery

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Isaac

Date of Birth: 21 December 1817

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Term Slave (28 Years)

Name of mother: Charlotte

Race of mother: Negro

Status of mother: Term Slave (28 Years)

Description of mother: "servant ... liable by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to serve her master until the age of 28 years"


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Coleman, James

Occupation: Ironmaster

Relation to registrant: self


Sources

  • Transcript: J. B. Eshleman, comp., "Record of the Returns Made in Writing"As Clerk"By Possessors of Negro or Mulatto Children Born After March 1, 1780"John Hubley, clerk, June 7, 1788," p. 44, unpublished manuscript, 1913, Call Number 326 R294p Oversized, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA