Slavery in West Jersey, 1688-1925?

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Slavery in West Jersey, 1688-1925?

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Copies of runaway notices from the Pennsylvania Gazette and the Pennsylvania Journal; article for Heston's Annals (7 p.) entitled "Slavery in New Jersey", giving a brief history of slavery, beginning with the use of Indians as slaves, including the earliest slaves in Shrewsbury, N.J., the development of the abolition movement and legislation in 1804, and the abolition of slavery in 1846; "Early Slavery in New Jersey" (Nov. 1896), Gunton's Magazine; text of first protest against slavery made in Germantown, Pa. (1688); and article by Boyer "Slavery in Old Gloucester County, New Jersey" covering the history of slavery in Camden with information about the Cooper family.

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Camden County Historical Society

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Cooper family.

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Boyer, Charles Shimer, 1869-1936

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Businessman and historian, of Camden, N.J. From the description of Industrial and commercial Camden, 1916?-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70942729 From the description of Ferries of Camden, notes of 1840s, 1765-1846 (bulk 1840-1846). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70942534 From the description of Slavery in West Jersey, 1688-1925? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70942537 Local historian, of Camden, N.J. From the description of West Jersey &...