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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Lincoln expresses concern over the impact of Black military recruiters on white public opinion]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[October 21, 1863]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Eastern Shore, Maryland]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta writes to Senator Henry Wilson regarding his low pay as a Black soldier despite holding the rank of major]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:alternative><![CDATA[B-47]]></dcterms:alternative>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Dr. Alexander T. Augusta to Sec. of War--Surgeon Alexander T. Augusta was in the army nearly one year until he was transferred to Baltimore, MD. At his new post the paymaster insisted that he was to get $7 month, just as all Black troops do. He wrote to Sen Wilson for assistance and soon received directions for the paymaster to pay him according to his rank as a surgeon. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[9/28/1863]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[White officials in Queen Anne&#039;s County challenge the recruitment of free people of color as temporary slaves]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[William T. Chamgbers to Col. William Birney reporting arrest of Col. J.P. Creager for recruiting among free people of color on the grounds that &quot;when a free colored man hires himself for a year, or short period of time, he is a slave for the length of time he hires himself, and that I have no right to recruit him, though it may be his desire to volunteer.&quot; Notes that John Singer, a free person of color, was arrested for enlisting and thus violating his contract &quot;without reasonable and proper cause.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[8/22/1863]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Centreville, Queen Anne&#039;s Co, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Maryland Governor Augustus Bradford complains to Lincoln about the liberation of enslaved prisoners from jail in Prince George&#039;s County]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A.W. Bradford to Lincoln complains that a troop of colored soldiers committed an outrage in Prince Georges County by freeing prisoners from the county jail. Bradford asks Lincoln to have those guilty of this outraged punished and orders issued to prevent a recurrence. Ensclosed letter relates that Black troops under the command of Lt. Perkins released the prisoners from the county jail. BiIt concludes his letter by stating: ’’Your excellency will not fail to observe that the practical working of this affair is to invite the Negroes to the perpetration of any crime and to offer practical protection and indemnity to them.”]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[3/16/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Prince George&#039;s County, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Black Marylander reveals the location of hidden rebel arms on the property of a future Maryland state senator]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Brig. Gen. H.H. Lockwood to Lt. Col. Lawrence (AAG) reporting that in the summer of 1861 he obtained information from a Black Marylander that Mr. [William B.] Stevenson had a quantity of guns stored in his barn. Mr. Stevenson is now the senator-elect from Harford Co, MD.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1/21/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Havre de Grace, Harford County, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Two escaped Black Marylanders reveal hidden rebel weapons cache to the army]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Lt D. C. Clark to Capt Chas Corbit enclosing two affidavits from formerly enslaved Black Marylanders revealing the location of a hidden cache of rebel weapons as well as the details of their escape to join the Union Army.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2/11/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Anne Arundel &amp; Calvert Counties, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Several surgeons of Black regiments write to Lincoln complaining about having to serve under a Black officer, Surgeon Alexander Augusta]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[J.B. McPherson et. al. to Lincoln protesting the assignment of Surgeon Alexander Augusta. Claim their commitment to &quot;bettering&quot; Black Americans but assert that it is beneath their dignity to serve with him as their superior officer. A subsequent letter from one of them, Asst. Surgeon Joel Morse of the 7th USCT, implores Senator John Sherman &quot;to right this wrong, which to my mind is grave, unjust, and humiliating.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Camp Stanton, Bryantown, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[White officers discuss how to handle a Black New York soldier who enlisted in a white unit stationed at Fort McHenry]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[William Lee (capt NY vols) to Adj of NY Vols writing that he received a group of 46 men in which there was a Black man, George Tankard of NY. Lee states that he has put Tankard to work in the kitchen, and he feels that it would be unsafe to drill or house the Black soldier with the white ones. Asks that the man be moved immediately to USCT—request granted.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[9/20/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Fort McHenry, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Case of white women hissing at Black troops in Baltimore]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[&quot;Lt. Col. John Woolley (prov. Mar.) to Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace (com. Middle dept) reporting that some ladies were hissing at the passing of colored troops on Exeter Street. They endeavored to make a dog bark at the troops to &quot;show further their sentiments.&quot; Woolley would like to take some action (a fine) so that &quot;such people feel that they cannot sneer and hiss at their government or its troops without being brought to account for it.&quot; Includes statements of witnesses to the incident.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[4/17/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/38">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Kent County officials arrest army recruiting officers for enlisting enslaved men against the wishes of their enslavers]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[John Frazier (pro mar) to H.W. Hoffman reporting that judges in Kent have ordered the arrest of several citizens, including the Deputy Pro. Mars. for alleged interference with the enlistment of Black soldiers. Frazier states that “This is done to effect the election and secure, if possible, the election of the Copper Head Ticket. Frazier thinks that the judges should be arrested and held until after the election. According to Frazier, the judges are “trying to make the impression that the enlistment of slaves was against the law and without authority thereby securing for the Maffit ticket the votes of all who have lost Negroes...If the arrest are made we can carry the county for the ’Straight-on-Ticket.&#039;&quot;<br />
Included with this letter are four Transcripts of Record involving those citizens arrested. The defendents were accused of enticing slaves away from their lawful owners.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[10/23/1863]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Kent County, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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