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]>
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Researching the four thousand Black Americans
who took their freedom in the War of 1812