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Registration Details

Date: 21 September 1780

Registrant: Work, James

Historical County: Lancaster

Modern County: Lancaster

Residence: Donegal

Tags:

Registered Individual(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Bill

Date of Birth: 1760

Sex: Male

Race: Mulatto

Status: Term Slave (31 Years)

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Simon

Date of Birth: 1778

Sex: Male

Race: Negro

Status: Lifelong Slave

Name of mother: Unspecified

Race of mother: Unspecified

Status of mother: Unspecified

Description of mother: Unspecified


Enslaver(s)

Details given are as recorded in the registration.

Work, James

Occupation: Tanner

Relation to registrant: self


Sources

  • Transcript: Handwritten copy of the Register of Enslaved Persons for 1780, p. 7, Black History Collection (MG0240), MG0240_Ser01_F017, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA