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Enslaved and Free African Americans in Western Maryland
About: News of Slaves and Free Blacks
Other topics within this collection:
A Desperate Act, 1857
A Maryland Criminal, William,1846
A Slave Stampede, 1857
Abduction of slave from Poolesville by Canal Captain, 1856
Allegany County Court, 1851
Application for pardon, Allegany County, 1864
Apprehended -Slaves belonging to Booth and Rench, 1857
Arrested-Negro man belonging to Dr. Wilson, 1857
Charged with being negroes, 1855
Circuit court hears cases against free negroes & slaves, 1853
Colored man injured on canal, 1853
Colored woman's house burnt, 1855
Contributions to purchase freedom, 1852
Cumberland negroes burned to death, 1863
Death of a patriot, 1852
Ethelbert Taney's slave shot in Hancock, 1848
Jim Baker, negro, assisted Confederate, July 1864
Murder of slave, 1854
Near lynching in Hagerstown, 1839
Negro festivals, 1854
Negroes drowned, 1847
Sale of land of "colored" man in Williamsport, 1865
Sale-A Likely Negro Lad from Clagett 1796
Sam Galloway, announcement of death, 1851
Sentenced to 18 months for stealing a 3 cent mackerel, 1855
Slaves Liberated from VA to PA, 1857
Tom, negro pianist, plays Hagerstown & Cumberland. 1860
Trial of Mary Ellen Thomas, free negro, 1853