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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Free Black Woman Barbara Diggs petitions for the release of her children, who were bound out against her will]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Statement of Barbara Diggs, a free woman of color, whose children &quot;are slaves of Dr. Featherbridge of Talbot Co Md&quot; he &quot;claiming the right of binding them to him.&quot; File includes a massive number of enclosures, mostly dealing with apprenticeship and illegal enslavement after Maryland passed an emancipation measure in its Constitution of 1864. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[11/14/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Talbot County, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Free person of color Thomas Brown, apprenticed to a secessoinist, takes refuge in Annapolis]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Thomas Brown, a free person of color apprenticed to Grafton Hall, a secessionist, seeks protection in Annapolis because he is afraid that Hall will punish him for giving information to Union troops &quot;that had led to the capture of revel arms.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2/15/1862]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Anne Arundel County, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/54">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[General Henry H. Lockwood attempts to break up the abusive apprenticeship system on the Eastern Shore, but is countermanded by headquarters]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Extract from Samuel B. Lawrence (AAG 8th AC) to Henry H. Lockwood (Comdg. 3rd sep brig) from Special Order No. 112 breaking up the widely abused apprentice system that bound formerly enslaved children to their former enslavers against the wishes of their parents. Includes copy of a telegram suspending that order, which left the apprenticeship system in place, as well as Lockwood&#039;s reply in protest of the decision.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[12/2/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Eastern Shore, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[General William W Morris acknowledges orders to fire a salute in Baltimore celebrating the end of slavery in Maryland]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Bt Brig Genl W W Morris to Major James R Ross (AAAG) acknowledging receipt of orders to fire a salute from Federal Hill in celebration of the free state of Maryland following the passage of the new state constitution abolishing slavery.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[10/31/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Governor Bradford complains to Lincoln that Black Marylanders have been unjustly freed from jail by Black soldiers]]></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 (published) 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[Henrietta Emory explains that she is too poor to provide evidence in her pension case]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:alternative><![CDATA[A-4102]]></dcterms:alternative>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Contains a series of petitions from Henrietta Emory (wife of deceased James Emory) to various claims agents requesting assistance obtaining the back pay and pension due her upon the death of her husband. She spells out the difficulty that many Black families had accessing the benefits to which they were legally entitled. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2/24/1867]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Long Marsh, Queen Anne&#039;s Co]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jane Uncles testifies that her formerly enslaved daughter was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for defending herself during a beating by her enslaver]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:alternative><![CDATA[A-9884]]></dcterms:alternative>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Affidavit of Jane Uncles, who says that in 1863 her 15 year old daughter was convicted of striking her mistress &amp; sentenced to 10 years in prison; Uncles says that her daughter defended herself from the beating which her enslaver was in the process of administering to her; the daughter is still in jail. The endorsement notes the right of any of God’s living creatures to defend themselves.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[10/21/1865]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Howard Co, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <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>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/34">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Kitty Bowland claims her son was illegally arrested and forced into the Army]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Statement of Mrs. Kitty Bowland that her son was arrested and then impressed into the army by the local justice of the peace.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[12/31/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Ellicott City, Baltimore Co, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/1">
    <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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