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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- Gabriel Hiester
- Locations
- Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Researcher
- Stephen Harper
- Researcher's E-mail
- stephendanielharper AT hotmail.com
- Researcher Location
- Comments
- Article in The Reading Eagle describes the life of Dinah (Bell) Carter, whose parents (surname Bell) were enslaved by Gabriel Hiester. While Dinah was technically emancipated, she remained indentured. Her indenture was transferred to Jacob Seltzer and then to Samuel Jones. Dinah married William Clark and had a number of children; only Mary Ann, Hannah, John and Silas William survived to adulthood.
- On-line Tree or Website
- An article about Dinah was published in The Reading Eagle in February 2021.
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