Slavery in Warwick
			Slavery was not confined to the southern states,  Many people in Warwick owned a slave or two, until New York State abolished the practice in 1827.
		We know about Warwick’s slaves from stories written down in Under Old Rooftrees, from records of slave births and manumissions kept by the Town government, and from documents like this runaway notice by Garret Post, who at one time owned the Shingle House on Forester Ave. • Slavery in New York • Transcription of Warwick book of slave births and manumissions
							Newspaper ad from the Orange County Patriot 3/11/1817
	Colonial lifestyles; slavery