African American Research

• Hosanna AUMP History

• 1780 Slave Register

• Slaves in Uwchlan Township in 1764

• Blacks and Mulattoes listed in 1850 West Caln census

• Slavery in Chester County

• Underground Railroad

• Colored Cemeteries, 1936-1937

• Slave Cemetery Information

• Pennsylvania State Archives - African American Resources

• Wills that Mention Slaves or African Americans

• Free Labor Stores

• Ashmund Institute

• Chester City Safeguards

• Pennsylvania Free Blacks, 1790 Census

• Williams Family Roots - Genealogy of the Williams family with links to other sites

• The Afrolumens Project - An excellent site on slavery in Pennsylvania

• Slavery in the US - a list of resources published by the National Park Service

• Research by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition

• Letter from Thomas Garrett to William Still (1858)

This page updated on January 1, 2011