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Enslaved and Free African Americans in Western Maryland

Collage of articles from Enslaved and Free Blacks collection

About: Colonization Society

Other topics within this collection:

Slaves for Hire

Slaves for Sale

Wanted to Purchase or Hire

Colonization Society

Laws and the Legislature

Population Figures

News of Slaves and Free Blacks

Slaves and the Civil War

Emancipation and the Abolition of Slavery

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News ad in Herald of Freedom, 1851 - "Colonization Society."

Colonization Society meeting, 1851

News article in Herald of Freedom, 1846 - "For Liberia."

For Liberia. 1846

News article in Hagerstown Mail - "Coloured Population"

Freed slaves, Liberia or leave, 1832

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1854 - "Enough Of It."

Wanting to go to Liberia, 1854