Arrested-Negro man belonging to Dr. Wilson, 1857 | Western Maryland's Historical Library

Collection Name

Enslaved and Free African Americans in Western Maryland

About

News of Slaves and Free Blacks

Runaways

Media Items

Notice in Herald of Freedom and Torch Light, 1857 - "Arrested." A negro man

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ItemID

wmsl354

IDEntry

8533

Creator

Herald of Freedom and Torch Light

Date

1857-04-08

Collection Location

Washington County Free Library

Subject

Slaves and Free Blacks, Western Maryland

Coverage

Western Maryland, 1800-1864

ARRESTED. – A negro man belonging to Dr. Wilson was arrested on Thursday last and brought before Squire Harding charged with an attempt to perpetrate a shocking outrage upon a Miss Hafer, a respectable white girl of some fifteen years of age. He denied the charge, but the girl testified positively to his identity, and he was held to answer at court in the sum of $500. - Frederick (Md.) Citizen.