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Fugitive slaves -- Pennsylvania

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hannah M. (Hannah Moore) Levick Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-086
Overview Hannah M. Levick was a Hicksite Quaker, the daughter of Richard and Sara Moore of Richmond in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and a granddaughter of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke. In 1843 she married William M. Levick of Philadelphia, and they became members of Green Street Monthly Meeting. Her husband was employed as a conveyancer in Philadelphia, and Hannah wrote a number of articles for Quaker publications. The collection includes correspondence of Theophilus and Hannah Foulke, 1794-1796, and...
Dates: 1766-1896

Letter about George Williams

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-02-009
Overview

The collection consists of a letter from 1827 addressed to the Mayor of Philadelphia, Joseph Watson, about a potentially fugitive enslaved man, George Williams.

Dates: 1827 June 18