1780.] 



HISTOKY OF DELAWARE C<JUNTY. 



33; 



Aston, 



Bethel, 



Birmingham, • 



Chester, 



Chichester (Uppe 



Chichester (Lowe 



Concord, 



Darby (Upper), 



Darby, . 



Edgmont, 



Haverford, . 



Marple, 



Middletown, 



Newtown, 



Providence (Uppe 



Providence (Lowe 



Ridley, 



Radnor, 



Springfield, 



Thornbury, 



Tinicum, 



146 



16 



In the remaining townships of Chester County there were 

 registered 316 negro and mulatto slaves for life and nine for a 

 term of years.* 



It must not be supposed that no greater number of slaves for 

 life than 146 had been owned in Delaware County. The Qua- 

 kers a short time before, had liberated all their slaves, and some 

 other persons, not members of that Society, had followed their 

 example. But few slaves advanced in years were registered, 

 and it cannot be supposed that masters would register such as 

 they intended to emancipate. Of the 162 registered, 100 

 were minors. 



The records of some of the meetings of the Society of Friends 

 are imperfect in respect to the number of slaves manumitted : 

 but judging from such records as came under his notice and 

 from other facts within his knowleilge, the author has arrivetl at 

 the conclusion that the number of slaves held within the limits 

 now comprising Delaware County, at the breaking out of the 

 Revolution, was not less than 300. 



J A farmer in East Nottingham registered '• an Indian Girl named Sarah, aged 24 

 years, a slave for life," and also an Indian servant man till he arrived at the age of 

 31 years. 



