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
Subjects
Colleges & universities
Shipping industry
Slavery
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