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Re: EMANCIPATION DAY IN NY STATE
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William MacKay <[log in to unmask]>
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A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:47:20 -0400
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"1855" must be a misprint for "1825". No ?

> ----------
> From:         John Weiss[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         Tuesday, July 07, 1998 12:18 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: EMANCIPATION DAY IN NY STATE
>
> carol kammen wrote:
> >
> >         The tally of slaves in New York is given in the 1855 census,
> county
> > by county.  This is not a perfect number but is probably a close count.
> > And of course, not all African Americans were freed in 1827; those under
> > age were continued until they reached maturity.
>
> I am grateful to you for this information. I had been led to believe that
> in
> 1827 earlier legislation took effect that freed all remaining slaves in
> New
> York State. Evidently my informant, whom I took to be an expert in slavery
> law,
> gave me an incomplete picture.
>
> I have already looked at the numbers in the 1820 and 1830 censuses and
> presumed
> that slaves shown for 1830 came from other states.
>
> John Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Researching the four thousand Black Americans
> who took their freedom in the War of 1812
>

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