When John Slocum was born in 1823, in New York, United States, his father, David James Slocum, was 24 and his mother, Mary Polly Rhoda Smalley, was 22. He married Hannah E Barlitt on 7 December 1843, in Crawford, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Bucyrus, Crawford, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Antrim Township, Wyandot, Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 1 August 1901, in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot, Ohio, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot, Ohio, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: habitational name from Slocum in Shorwell (Isle of Wight) or Slocombeslade in Brendon (Devon). Both placenames derive from Old English slāh ‘sloe, blackthorn’ + cumb ‘valley’.
History: Anthony Slocombe or Slocum (1590–1674/75) came from Taunton, Somerset, England, to Taunton, MA, in 1637.
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