Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-07

Thomas, aged so years. All these slaves
for life.
John Odenheimer of the borough Of
Chester, farmer, records negro man,
Anthony Welsh, aged As, slave for
life.
Mary Witbey, of the borough of
Chester, gentlewoman, records a negro
woman, Phillis, aged SO, and negro
woman. Sophia, aged 30 years. Both
slaves fof life.
Capt. Edward Vernon of the oiough
of Chester, inn holder, records q
mulatto woman, Kate, 20; mulatto
boy, Ii; a negro man, Jym, So; a negro
woman, Jinn, 81; and a negro child,
Damn, aged months. All slaves for
life. He also records mulatto servant
boy, aged ~ years, until he attains tho
| age of q years.
Richard Weaver of the borough Of
Chester, in holder, Administrative of
the estate of Valentine Weaver, de-
ceased, records a negro man, Joe. 60;
9 negro boy, Jack, Is; negro boy,
Peter, - years. and negro girl,
Violet. aged IL. All slaves for lite.
Elisha Price, Esq, of the borough
of Chester, records negro man, Peter,
aged 81 years, slave for life.
Sketchley Morton of Ridley, grazier,
records "a negro boy, jeffrey, aged IA
years, slave for life
John Morton of Ridley, farmer,
records negro man, George, 81 a
negro woman, Dinah, AZ; a negro girl,
Hannah, 7, aud iemale negro child,
year old, all slaves for life.
John Grocer, executor of the estate
OF John Knowles, late of the township
of Ridley, deceased, records o negro
man, Scipio, "a, negro woman,
Pathena, Al; a negro girl, Fanny, aged
about Il a negro girl, Tabitha, IL:
negro girl, Jane, s, all slaves for life.
Isaac Hendrickson of Ridley, farmer,
records q negro man, Tone, 40; a negro
woman, Nance, 36 negro boy, Frank,
IL: a negro gill, Bett, 10: a negro boy,
Tone, Z; negro boy, Joe, s; negro
girl, Pol. 3, and negro girl, Dine,
aged months, all slaves for life.
Morton Morton of Ridley, yoeman,
records negro man, Caesar, 2S; negro
woman, Liz. 30; negro boy, Annias,
years and 7 months and negro boy,
| Samuel, aged 8 years and months.
A mulatto boy, John, aged years and
4 months; and muatto boy, Jacob, 6
years and months Mr. Morton may
possibly have had pair OF twins in
Dis householdl; q mulatto girl, Sarah,
years and 3 months, aud mulatto
boy, Peter, year and 10 months, all
slaves for life.
The census of 1870 showed so slaves
in Delaware county; that of 1890, seven,
while in 1910, not one wac returned.
| 10 1920, there was one, and IN 1880 the
number had swollen to two.
| The last notice of the effete system
of slavery, so far as the official records
Of the county are concerned, will be
| found on file in the office of tho Pro-
thonotaIy, at Media, whereby Eliza
beth ii. Price of Cecil county, Nd,
under date OF November 18th, 1880, In
consideration of S1l0, released from
slavery, manumitted and get fl 90, RasiI
Garnett, being under As years of age,
of healthy constitution, sound in
mind and body, and capable by labor
to secure to him sufficient food and
raiment, with other requisite neces-
stiles of life. +"
| The old colonial law which authorized
the apprehension and Imprisonment of
negro or white persons suspected CT
being runaway slaves or servants was
continued in practice until the be-
ginning of this century.
The records of the Court of Quarter
Sessions shows that on January 9th,
1895, NEGRO Jacob committed on sus-
picion of being runaway slave, there
appearing no claimant, he was, ON
motion, discharged from his confine-
ment,'' while on january 9th, 1901,
Lewis Thoston, prisoner charged with
being runaway servant" was dis
| charged by proclamation.
have not learned who was the last
| slave owned in the county of Delaware
but know that ip 1928 AUNT Sallie'
| died at Lamokin Hall, in the borough
of Chester. She had been the slave
of John Flower, formerly of Marcus
Hook and Chester, v no moved to Phila-
delphia during the Revolutionary War,
where he became a prominent and
wealthy merchant. He had manumitted
Sallie many years before his death
(which occurred in 1924, hut she re-
fused to leave her owners house, where
she tyrannized over the servants and
regulated his diet, telling him what he
could and could not have for dinner.
Her supreme contempt was BESTOWED
On 1.-The poor niggers of no family
BY the will of her master the interest
of $1,000 was to be used for her support
for the remainder of her life. She
declared that she was the daughter of
negro king, and had been purchased
by the captain of SLAYER from the
tribe that has capture her in war.
After her masters death she refused to
hive with ANY of her race, but came to
Chester, to the house of Richaide
Flower, the brother of her late owner,
where she insisted ON remaining, be-
cause, as she declared, she WAS one of
de family"