Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Emancipation and the Abolition of Slavery
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
wmsl115
IDEntry
8046
Creator
Herald of Freedom & Torch Light
Date
1860-06-13
Collection Location
Washington County Free Library
Subject
Coverage
Western Maryland, 1800-1864
Body
Number of Manumissions
Fifty slaves were set free in this county previous to the 1st day of June, the period when the new law on that subject went into operation. The manumissions, how- ever, do not in most cases take effect immediately, some of them having been extended to 1870 and ’75. In Frederick county one hundred and thirty- six slaves have been manumitted.