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During the American Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania passed the Gradual Abolition Act (1780), the first such law in the new United States. Pennsylvania law freed those children born to enslaved mothers after that date. They had to serve lengthy indentured servitude until age 28 before becoming free as adults.
On March 1, 1780, Pennsylvania passed “An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery,” which stopped the importation of slaves into the State, required all slaves to be registered, and established that all children born in the State were free regardless of race or parentage.
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Feb 27, 2019 · Pennsylvania officially abolished slavery in 1780. But many black Pennsylvanians were in bondage long after that. How forced labor persisted in Pennsylvania until at least the late 1840s.
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Mar 1, 2024 · In 1847, 67 years after gradual abolition started, Pennsylvania decided the process had dragged out long enough and abolished slavery completely.
By and large Pennsylvania seemed to be far and ahead of its sister states in taking the ideals of the American Revolution and making them into reality. The state abolished its colonial legislature, and created a unicameral (one-house) legislature.
Jan 25, 2022 · PA Abolition Society. In 1784, 18 men from Philadelphia reorganized the group as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and was more commonly referred to as the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (PAS). The group grew to 82 members in two years, and inspired other cities to establish branches of their own.
Dec 13, 2019 · A June 1841 summary of the Census in the Sunbury Gazette noted that at the time there were 64 slaves still living in Pennsylvania. “Slavery was abolished in Pennsylvania in 1780. No person born after that period can be held in involuntary servitude.
