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Subject:	Re: Colonial Slavery
From:	"John F. Chandler" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:07:00 EST
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Anne Pemberton wrote:
> On the genealogy list for Berks County, Pa, a participant shares tidbits
> from old newspapers. One of the stories posted a week or so ago told the
> story of two children of a PA family who came up missing and were presumed
> to have been "captured to be sold into slavery". The news story did not
> state the color of the family, but I would presume they were persons of
> some color.

Not necessarily.  They could simply have been carried away by Indians,
especially if this story dates from before 1760.

                                           John Chandler

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