A Black Statue in America before Europeans came.
When I was in High School, they gave me the impression that slavery existed in Pennsylvania for a very short time and was abolished in 1820. When slavery was legal, Black people only stayed a slave until age 27.
Here is a better view of slavery in Pennsylvania.
http://slavenorth.com/pennsylvania.htm
What people do not know is that Lancaster County started outside Philadelphia and Ended near Cumberland County. The last county created from Lancaster was York County.
19 Aug 1749
YORK created from LANCASTER. (Pa. Stat., ch. 377, sec. 1/5:71, 73)
09 Feb 1751
YORK exchanged with CUMBERLAND. (Pa. Stat., ch. 387, sec. 1/5:106-107)
22 Jan 1800
YORK lost to the creation of ADAMS. (Pa. Stat., ch. 2097, sec. 1/16:392)
31 Mar 1823
Boundary between YORK and CUMBERLAND clarified [no change]. (Pa. Laws 1822-1823, ch. 122, sec. 4/p. 193)
The York area, a pro-slavery area of Pennsylvania practiced slavery even after the Civil War. Here is the reason why the York through Central Dauphin County is so racist today.
Do you know that Fort Hunter on Front St. was owned by a plantation owner that owned 10 to 12 slaves? He treated these slaves harshly even by 1800 standards. Below is an article on
Slavery at Fort Hunter
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=85939
