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According to Hopewell Furnace ledgers from 1850-1853, Joseph [[Tolbert]] worked as a laborer for twenty-six days at a wage of ten dollars per month<ref>Walker 1969, 494</ref>. In the 1860 Census of Union Township, Joseph (65), George (23), Caroline (14), Martha (9), Mary (35), and Jane (41) Tolbert lived together with George (16), Henrietta (4), Henry (11), Mary E (7), and Joshua (4) Ford, as well as John Brown (5 months). The Tolberts were listed as being born in Pennsylvania<ref>United States Census, 1860</ref>.
 
==Notes==
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==References==
*''United States Census, 1860,'' database with images, FamilySearch [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSZ-9YDL?cc=1473181&wc=7QTM-MVN%3A1589434177%2C1589434447%2C1589422372] : 24 March 2017, Pennsylvania > Berks > Union Township > image 9 of 53; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
 
*Walker, Joseph E. 1969. ''A Comparison of Negro and White Labor in a Charcoal Iron Community.'' Labor History 10, no.3 (June): 487-497.

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According to Hopewell Furnace ledgers from 1850-1853, Joseph Tolbert worked as a laborer for twenty-six days at a wage of ten dollars per month[1]. In the 1860 Census of Union Township, Joseph (65), George (23), Caroline (14), Martha (9), Mary (35), and Jane (41) Tolbert lived together with George (16), Henrietta (4), Henry (11), Mary E (7), and Joshua (4) Ford, as well as John Brown (5 months). The Tolberts were listed as being born in Pennsylvania[2].

Notes

  1. Walker 1969, 494
  2. United States Census, 1860

References

  • United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch [1] : 24 March 2017, Pennsylvania > Berks > Union Township > image 9 of 53; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • Walker, Joseph E. 1969. A Comparison of Negro and White Labor in a Charcoal Iron Community. Labor History 10, no.3 (June): 487-497.