Transcriber's Notes Footnotes were numbered consecutively (with the exception of note 37a, likely an interpolation during printing), beginning anew with each chapter. They have been renumbered here in a single sequence to facilitate searches. In this version, for smoother reading and more convenient reference, notes have been moved to the end of the chapter where their reference appears. There are typographical features that could not be reproduced here. Italics are delimited by underscore characters as _italic_. Any mixed case 'small capital' phrases have been shifted to their uppercase form. There are quotations, especially in the notes, from original sources which make use of superscripted abbreviations. These are noted using the carat (^) character. If consecutive letters appear as superscript, they are bracketed with {}, e.g. the abbreviation for 'accounts' is given as 'acc^{tts}'. The tilde (~) also appears as a diacritical for certain manuscript abbreviations, on one occasion encompassing two letters. These are noted as [~c] or [~er]. Finally, the 'oe' ligature appears here as two separate characters. Please consult the Transcriber's note at the end of this text for any other textual issues, and their resolution. SLAVERY IN PENNSYLVANIA A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IN CONFORMITY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, 1910 BY EDWARD RAYMOND TURNER _Professor of History in the University of Michigan_ THE LORD BALTIMORE PRESS BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A. 1911 CHAPTER I. THE INTRODUCTION OF NEGROES INTO PENNSYLVANIA.