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By:Dean Jackson
Date: 22:37 3/3/02 In Response To: Re: Negro Slaves of the Caldwells (David Andrew Caldwell)
Pennsylvania was admitted as a free state in 1788. Perhaps you confused the Pennsylvania 1790 census with some earlier assesor's survey during the colonial period. Delaware was admitted as a slave state. Manumission of blacks swelled the percentage of free blacks in Delaware from 10% in 1776 to one-third by 1810 and over 90% by 1860. Messages In This Thread
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