From:[log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Norm & Stef Stevens
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pertaining to New York State history.
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 11:55 AM
Subject: Seneca County
Dear friends in N.Y.
I live in Hunterdon County N.J.. As Historian for that
County I have been interested in the free black population of Seneca Co,
N.Y. due to the emigration of several free black families who moved to Seneca
Co. in the early 19th century- some as early as 1810. Since Hunterdon Co. was
and still is mainly a farming county, why would these families migrate to
Seneca? Was your soil of excellent quality? Were mulattos/blacks welcomed for
some reason? Was land cheap?