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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Theresa Duffin reports that her former enslaver beat her after she argued with his wife and that they refuse to return her property]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Affidavit of Theresa Duffin reporting that she had a run-in with her enslaver&#039;s wife in 1863 for which he severely beat her; she complained to the authorities &amp; they promptly lodged her in jail; the enslaver got her out &amp; told her that if she didn&#039;t wish to return to his place she must leave MD; she went to Georgetown; in fall 1864 she returned to the former enslaver&#039;s place to get her children, which he agreed to permit, but he refused to let her carry away some $125 worth of personal effects (interesting list of household furnishings &amp; clothing); she complains about the property, saying that the former master threatened to kill her if she ever returned to his place. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Washington, D.C.]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Free Black pastor Benjman Howard reports on having been arrested and sold by the state of Maryland for preaching]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:alternative><![CDATA[A-9745]]></dcterms:alternative>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Benjman Howard, apparently intended for D.C. Assistant Commissioner C. H. Howard, reporting that he had been a preacher in Annapolis and bought a house there in 1857. Was arrested in 1862 for preaching and jailed until Feb. 1863 when he was sold away as punishment for 15 years with a mandate to never return to the state of MD. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1/27/1866]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Ann Arundel Co, 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[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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