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. >Today in 1827 brought final emancipation to New York State. > >I am trying to find out how many remaining slaves there were in New York >State who were emancipated on 4 July 1827. > >I should be grateful for any help towards finding the number, and if >possible the demographic distribution. Names of newspapers current at >that date would be useful in the absence of hard data, though collections >here in the UK might be patchy. > >John Weiss <[log in to unmask]> >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Researching the four thousand Black Americans >who took their freedom in the War of 1812