A GLIMPSE AT SLAVERY HISTORY CENTER EXHIBIT, PITT WEBSITE SHOW SLAVERY'S FOOTPRINT IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE LATE 1700S INTO THE MID-1800S

"Slaves in Western Pennsylvania worked on farms, in coal mines, on the docks, in the shipping industry and as house servants," according to Samuel W. Black, curator of African-American collections at the Heinz History Center. Other sections will deal with the Underground Railroad, the name...

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Published inPittsburgh post-gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa. 1978)
Main Author BARCOUSKY, LEN
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pittsburgh, Pa Pittsburgh Post - Gazette 25.02.2010
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Colleges & universities
Shipping industry
Slavery
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Summary:"Slaves in Western Pennsylvania worked on farms, in coal mines, on the docks, in the shipping industry and as house servants," according to Samuel W. Black, curator of African-American collections at the Heinz History Center. Other sections will deal with the Underground Railroad, the name for an network of routes and safe houses used to aid escaping slaves flee the South, and the Abolitionist movement.\n
ISSN:1068-624X
2692-6903