Using Tax Records to Understand Enslavement Practices in the Perkiomen Valley
One of the largest sources of data about enslavement practices in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is state and county tax records. Enslaved persons were considered property and therefore taxable, by both colonial and early republic governments. Typically, the assessment will only show the number of enslaved persons someone was taxed for, but occasionally… Read More »Using Tax Records to Understand Enslavement Practices in the Perkiomen Valley
