Bull; Thank you for this information! If anyone can prove they were a slave in the state of NY in 1828 I say give them their 40 acres and a mule! Else, the period to file a claim expired.
The law passed in the New York legislature in 1799 called for a gradual emancipation of slaves. The 1830 census recorded 75 slaves in the State. The 1840 census recorded zero slaves in New York State.