Curiously, the 1830 federal census shows 75 slaves in NYState:

26 in Montgomery County
17 in New York County (Manhattan)
15 in Oneida County
  8 in Washington County
  4 in Putnam County
  3 in Chenango County
  2 in Albany County

Does anyone have an explanation for this? Because the remaining slaves seem
concentrated in rural counties, I reject the idea that the slaves are
'sojourners'. Also, 52 of the 75 (69%) were females between 0-35 years of
age. In 1840, when 4 slaves are listed, they are all females (3 in King's
County, 1 in Putnam). By 1850, no slaves are listed in NY State.

Curious, eh?

Edward Knoblauch


-----Original Message-----
From: John Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Monday, July 06, 1998 9:59 AM
Subject: EMANCIPATION DAY IN NY STATE


>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
>