1 10 44 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/a8fa9fedadf87221b6cb84d8fad346b5.pdf b1deb596f99462ed698d9fd2adc8d9a2 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/298abea5e2109a692edc2eb634d9e870.pdf 520fd2a0539754b2010f5f689fdcbef1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Families in Civil War Maryland Description An account of the resource This collection documents the experiences of Black Maryland families during the Civil War. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Aide-de-camp to the Commander of the Third Separate Brigade; and the Governor of Maryland to the Commander of the Middle Department Easton, Talbot Co. Md. Nov. 9th 1864 Brig. Genl. H. H. Lockwood Comdg 3rd Sep. Brig. 8th A.C. General: I beg leave to call your attention to certain practices in the counties through which I have passed, viz: Somerset, Worcester, Dorchester & Talbot, which are alike in conflict with natural justice and civil law. The laws of this state provide that all children, whose parents are by the Orphans Court unable to support them, may be bound out by the orphans’ Court until of age but in all such cases the parent or parents may select the party to whom the child is to be bound. Now in the counties above named colored children have been taken from parents who were perfectly able to support them; others sixteen, seventeen and even eighteen years of age who might easily maintain themselves and also assist in the support of their mothers and younger brothers and sisters are also taken and bound out and without any regard being paid to the wishes of the parent in the selection of the person to whom they were bound. In other cases parents have appeared before the Orphans’ Court and requested that their children might be bound to other parties than those named by the court and their requests have been entirely disregarded. It is needless to mention that in a large majority of cases these children are bound to southern sympathisers. I think, General, some steps should be taken to regulate this matter. I see no remedy except the partial execution, at least, of the order issued by Maj. Genl. Wallace, last spring, declaring martial law in certain Eastern Shore Counties. I did not deem it necessary to take affidavits in this matter, as I presume there can be no doubt as to the correctness of my information. I am, General Yours Very Respectfully James C. Mullikin Lieut. & A.D.C. State of Maryland EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Annapolis Nov. 10th 1864 Major Genl. Lew. Wallace Comdg. Middle Department General: I have just read your General Order No 112 published in this morning’s papers in reference to protection to be furnished by the Military Authorities to Slaves recently emancipated under the provisions of the new Constitution of the State just adopted— The general scope and object of your order as I understand it, is, I think, if the order itself is discretely executed, calculated to be of much service in assisting a class generally very ignorant, now for the first time thrown upon their own resources— I fear however that without some explanation, it may mislead some of the Civil Officers of the State in connection with their duties as prescribed in our legislative Code— I do not refer to any thing connected with the Slave Code of the State; that of course is entirely abrogated in effect by the adoption of the new Constitution, — but there are other provisions in our Code having exclusive reference to the free Colored population of the State, now, more than ever requiring strict observance from the large and sudden increase made to that class of our population— I cannot suppose that you design any interference with that portion of our Statute laws, as your order itself seems only to look to the interposition of a Military Authority or protection until the Legislature of the State may make such protection unnecessary— Under these circumstances I have deemed it proper to call to your attention the 6th Article of our Code of Public General Laws relating to apprentices, whereby provision is made for binding out the minor children of free persons of color who have not the means or are unwilling themselves to take care of their offspring. The law provides all proper precautions for notifying such parents of the proceedings, summoning them before our Orphans Courts and consulting the wishes of both parent and child on the subject, and you will find it laid down in the Article mentioned sec. 31 et seq. I have the less hesitation in relying upon it as embracing very salutary and necessary provisions particularly required by the new state of things introduced by the present Constitution, from the fact that I know the Convention which adopted that Constitution had themselves at one time during their session introduced similar provisions to meet the obvious necessity of taking care of an infant class thus suddenly deprived of the support to which they had been accustomed, and only ultimately struck out that provision on the ground that this very enactment to which I have referred, met the requirements of the case. Without the exercise of some such power by the proper County Authorities, there would be great danger, especially during the inclement season now approaching, of large numbers of that infant population, thus suddenly thrown adrift in every County of the State suffering very severely, and who could not reach even the protection which your order seems intended to provide in the City of Baltimore. What I would therefore respectfully suggest in connection with the subject of your order, is that the Orphans Courts may be given to understand that you have no purpose of interfering with their execution of existing laws on the subject of free negroes, or at least no farther than to require that no abuse of the authority thereby vested in them shall be practiced, and that the terms and limitations of the law be strictly observed Very Respectfully Your obdt. Servt. A W Bradford Lieut. James C. Mullikin to Brig. Genl. H. H. Lockwood, 9 Nov. 1864, M-762 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4237]; A W Bradford to Major Genl. Lew. Wallace, 10 Nov. 1864, M-765 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4238]. General Orders No. 112 named abuses of the apprenticeship system on the Eastern Shore. It charged that “evil disposed parties in certain counties of the State of Maryland… intend obstructing the operation, and nullifying, as far as they can, the emancipation provision of the New Constitution: and that for this purpose they are availing themselves of certain laws, portions of the ancient slave code of Maryland, as yet unrepealed, to initiate as respects the persons heretofore slaves, a system of forced apprenticeship.” The order thus stipulated that “all persons within the limits of the Middle Department heretofore slaves, but now free, by operation of the New Constitution, shall be considered under special military protection, until the Legislature of Maryland may, by its enactments, make such military protection unnecessary.” It created a “Freedmen’s Bureau for said Department” headquartered in Baltimore to investigate the claims of Black Marylanders and make arrests when appropriate. To accomplish this end, it required provost marshals, “particularly those on the Eastern and Western Shores” where these abuses were most prevalent, to hear complaints and assist the head of the newly-created Freedmen’s Bureau, Major William M. Este, in supporting the rights of Black Marylanders. Finally, the order created a “Freedmen’s Rest” to temporarily care for “the sick, helpless, and needy,” which would be funded by donations, fines, and if necessary, levies on the property of Confederate sympathizers. (General Orders. No. 112, Head-Quarters Middle Department, Eighth Army Corps, 9 Nov. 1864, vol. 61 8AC, General Orders (Printed), ser. 2352, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4170], published in Freedom, ser. 1, vol. 2, pp. 513-515.) Sections ten through thirty of Article Six of the 1860 Maryland Code provided regulations for white children and sections thirty-one through forty covered the apprenticing of “the child of any free negro.” Free-born Black children were subject to harsher penalties once apprenticed and could be bound more easily than their white neighbors. Where white children could only be bound after becoming orphans or in cases “extreme indigence,” section thirty-one stated merely that “the child of any free negro” may be bound “if it shall appear upon examination before [an Orphans’ Court] that it would be better for the habits and comfort of such child that it should be bound as an apprentice to some white person to learn to labor.” Although article fifteen required that white apprentices receive a “reasonable education in reading, writing and arithmetic,” article thirty-six stipulated that “it shall not be necessary… in any indenture of a negro made by the trustees of the poor, to require that any education shall be given to such negro apprentice.” Article forty, moreover, mandated that “if any negro apprentice abscond or run away,” they would not only be held liable to the apprentice holder for any loss of income, but also “the said court shall have full power to authorize the master of such absconding apprentice to sell such apprentice, and for the whole period he may have to serve, to any person within the State.” No portion of Article Six permitted white children to be sold. (The Maryland Code, vol. 1 [Baltimore, 1860], pp. 31-39.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Amid widespread abuses of the apprenticeship system to bind formerly enslaved children, Governor Bradford complains about oversight efforts Description An account of the resource James C. Mullikin (ADC) to H.H. Lockwood (3d sep brig) notifying him on abuses of apprenticeship system and suggesting the implementation of martial law in relevant counties on the Eastern Shore. Followed by A.W. Bradford (Gov of MD) to Gen. Lew Wallace (comdg Middle Dept) complaining of Wallace's General Order No. 112, which provided protections for formerly enslaved people from the apprenticeship system under which formerly enslaved children were widely bound to their former enslavers on the Eastern Shore. Under antebellum Maryland law, Bradford argued, "provision is made for binding out the minor children of free persons of color who have not the means or are unwilling themselves to take care of their offspring." This practice of apprenticeship, Bradford claimed, grew from the "necessity of taking care of an infant class thus suddenly deprived of the support to which they had been accustomed." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/9/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Eastern Shore, MD Apprentice children https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/66d97ddf0694b86b31e2f4d51659ab5e.pdf ca22d640cd5a48220fffcb032a69e541 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/e3cea5fa0184121985c6307fc21c1006.pdf 2ef4846da0631c64e00eb322ada00903 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Maryland and the Military Description An account of the resource This collection documents Black Marylanders' interactions with and contributions to the military during the Civil War. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The National Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-1865 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Open access Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Commander of the Post at Newton to the Headquarters of the Third Separate Brigade Newtown Md Oct 8th 1864 Lieut James C Mullikin Sir I have the honer to report that numerous Complaints having been made to me conserning the treatment of certain colored persons confined in the jail of sumerset County in Princess Ann. I paid a visit to the jail to day. the jailor at first denied there was such persons confined there but upon my insisting upon being showed over the place I found confined the following persons one free born Colored man who is Confined for the purpose of being forced into the Army. One colored man who has served six months in the army and has a discharge is confined in a cell and has been flogged untill the b[l]ood ran down on the floor by the same man who enlisted him when he first entered the service. There are four others who are confined to get there consent to enter the army. these statements have been corroberated by loyal citizens of Sumerset County and I would respecfully urge that some immediate action be taken the premises Very Respecfuly yours Obt Serv Lieut M Karney Commanding Post [Endorsement] Head Quarters 3d Sep. Brigade 8 A.C. Balt. Md Oct 15. 1864 Respectfully forwd to Dept. Hd Qrs for instructions. My own feelings are to redress the wrongs of these poor men at all hazards, but ignorant of the policy of Maj Genl Wallace which I regard it my duty to carry out, I submit the case as a basis for general action. Many somewhat similar cases in this very county took place a year or so ago but tho’ brought to the notice of the then Comdg Genl. I could get no instructions. Under the laws of Md Masters can confine their slaves at their discretion & this may be claimed in this case. If how ever it shall appear that these men are confined for having been in the Army, or to force them then we have a right & it is our duty to protect them. H. H. Lockwood Brig Genl [Endorsement] [Baltimore, Md., October ? 1864] Return to Gen. Lockwood, with direction that he send a discreet officer to investigate the affair, and release the negros, if the facts are as represented within. Future cases of the kind, Gen L. will cause to be investigated, and reported to Hd Qrs. of Dept for orders. LW [Endorsement] Head-Quarters, Middle Department, EIGHTH ARMY CORPS. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 22d 1864. Respectfully returned to Brig. Genl. H. H. Lockwood, Comm’dg 3d Sep. Brigade, who is instructed to send a discreet officer to investigate this affair, and if the facts are as represented within, to release the negroes. In the future, cases of this kind will be investigated, and reported to Department Head Quarters, for orders.— By Command Maj. Genl. Wallace Oliver Matthews A.A.G. [Endorsement] Easton Md, Nov, 9th 1864 Respectfully returned to Lt. Clayton A.A.A.G. with the information that I visited the jail at Princess Anne and learned that the parties within referred to had been confined but all had been released prior to my visit. J. C. Mullikin Lieut. & A.D.C. Lt. M. Karney to Lt. James C. Mullikin, 8 Oct. 1864, K-197 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4138]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Report that free Black Marylanders were held in jail to compel them to enlist in the Army Description An account of the resource Lt. M. Karney (cmdg post at Newton) to Lt. James C. Mullikin reporting on the conditions of the jail in Princess Ann, where several Black prisoners are held, apparently without charges. Some appear to have been enslaved and at least one discharged from the Army, flogged by the man who enlisted him. "There are four others who are confined to get their consent to enter the army." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/8/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Princess Ann, Somerset Co., MD Free people of color jails recruitment https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/a3d00413946a329305aca08cc48fc463.pdf 5c13244807abc9dd5eb1bc22e265f036 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/16506daeeeb5a48439a39de3e58a807e.pdf 8ecff23b0b25a075385ddd9f6a266361 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Families in Civil War Maryland Description An account of the resource This collection documents the experiences of Black Maryland families during the Civil War. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Headquarters of the Middle Department to the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General for Maryland and Delaware; and the Deputy Provost Marshal of Somerset County to the Provost Marshal General Head Quarters, Middle Department, 8th Army Corps, Baltimore, December 2nd 1864 Colonel, I am instructed by the Major General Commanding to request you to direct Mr Levin D Collier Dept: Pro: Marshal at Salisbury, to proceed at once to compel Joshua W Phillips, in Barren Creek District Somerset Co, to deliver to Sarah Parsons (colored) all her children now withheld from her by said Phillips. If he fails or refuses to obey your order, to arrest him and send him at once to Baltimore, and deliver him to the Provost Marshal, 8th A.C. I am Colonel Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Saml B Lawrence A. A. G. To Col. Wm H. Browne A.A.P.M.G., Md & Del. Deputy Provost Marshals office Salisbury [Md.] Dec. 9" 1864. Col. Wm H. Browne, A. A. Prov. Mar. Genl. for Maryland & Delaware. Dear Sir— In accordance with instructions received from you, I proceeded to the residence of Joshua H. Phillips, Esq. and demanded the delivery of the children of Sarah Parsons (Col.) The children were delivered to Sarah and said Phillips gave me an instrument of writing relinquishing all claims to them. Very Respectfully Your obdt. Servant Levin D. Collier Dep. Prov. Mar. for Somerset Co. Md Saml B Lawrence to Col. Wm H. Browne, 2 Dec. 1864, filed with Levin D. Collier to Col. Wm H. Browne, 9 Dec. 1864, M-834 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4236]. The children listed as owned by Jos W Phillips on the 1860 census were two girls, one and three years old. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sarah Parsons retrieves her daughters from her former enslaver with help from the military Description An account of the resource Saml B Lawrence to Col. Wm H. Browne (AAPMG for MD & DE) directing him to send the deputy pro mar at Salsbury "to compel Joshua W Phillips, in Barren Creek District Somerset Co, to deliver to Sarah Parsons (colored) all her children now withheld from her by said Phillips." If Phillips refused, he was to be arrested and sent to Baltimore. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/2/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Somerset County, MD Apprentice family women https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/a454b2a8ab75510f1aa93aade476d0cf.pdf da1187e0a0b89ee72357dcb29125c4e4 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/ffbd7c00c00312ca9e0f35cfaae0d053.pdf f72e5c8c7469a29d1545613b684b912f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Families in Civil War Maryland Description An account of the resource This collection documents the experiences of Black Maryland families during the Civil War. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document White Resident of Baltimore to the Commander of the Middle Department; and Baltimore Deputy Marshal to the Commander of the Middle Department [Baltimore, Md., November 29, 1864] To Genl Wallace Was taken from my dwelling No 100. Lee Street on the evening of November 2nd a molatto childe named Dolly Parran about Six years of age, Known to have bee taken by a Cold Girl by the name of Mary Tyler whose mother lives at No 4 Tyson Street. near Saratogo St. named Anna Ross her husband, Lewis Ross The child taken was an Orphan Child no relations with the exception of second cousins I raised the childs mother. and child from infancy. no doubt She is confined at No 4. Tyson St. or the inmates can be made to give the whereabouts. of their daughter Mary Tyler who stole the child awy. your kinde attention to the above will much relieve a, distressed mother and daughter: very Respectfully Balto Nov 29’ 1864. Sarah. Alnutt [Endorsement] Hd Qrs. Mid. Dept Nov. 29. 1864 Chief of Police— Will you please direct one of yr. policemen to ascertain, from the woman who took this child, what has become of it, and send me word. Lew Wallace Maj. Gen. Comd Police Department. Office of the Marshal, Baltimore, November 29 1864 Major Genl Wallace, In reference to the molatto child spoken of in Mrs Alnut, letter, I would say that, the parties living in Tyson St, deny the statement of Mrs Alnut, they will call at your Head Quarters to morrow, morning at, 10 Oclock, and give you a full explanation of the matter Yours &c John S. Manly Deputy Marshal Sarah. Alnutt to Genl Wallace , 29 Nov. 1864, filed with Deputy Marshal John S. Manly to Major Genl Wallace, 29 Nov. 1864, M-816 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4235]. In 1870, ten-year-old Dolly Parron was listed on the census living with Thomas and Christiana Allnut as a “Domestic Servant.” Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource White Baltimore resident Sarah Alnutt petitions the military for help returning a Black child taken from her residence by family members Description An account of the resource White Baltimore resident Sarah Alnutt to Gen. Lew Wallace asking for help returning Black child Dolly Parran, who was apparently taken from her residence by distant relations. Includes a letter from the Baltimore police, who investigated the incident. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/29/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Baltimore, MD Apprentice children family police women https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/a662dc0cbaef493b9ee18eed20e506d6.pdf 856851e6235b678f602827104d01c7b3 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/33af2dabb57c368343fc56eeb620763f.pdf 98d0408192317a4a2f0dfc2f074db150 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Parallel Politics Description An account of the resource This collection highlights Black political activity and organizing from outside formal institutional politics. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Black Resident of Baltimore to the Commander of the Middle Department Baltimore Nov 29 1864 Genrel Walles Honred Sir my mistres Chessier [Ann?] left me a house lot twenty years be She Diead her Ness Mrs Masson was wit ness that she gave this place to me Cince her Death her nephyew Mr John Price has put off of the place and i have witness that he Mr John Price Did put me off of the plac that was left to me by mrs Annes i would like to know thought you if i Cant get it agane i have bin to a laryar and he says i can get it a gaine but i thought i would asks your advise a bout it first ples let me know your advise on it if you ples sir Mr L Meads to Genrel Walles PS i live 105 Low St L Meads to Genrel Walles, 29 Nov. 1864, M-820 864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4234]. A note on the file from the commander of the Middle Department, General Lew Wallace, reads “Dont see Jurisdiction. File LW.” Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Free Black resident of Baltimore seeks help retrieving property taken by the family of his former enslaver Description An account of the resource Formerly enslaved Black resident of Baltimore L Meads to Gen. Lew Wallace reporting having been turned off of his property by the nephew of his former enslaver and requesting advice on how he might retrieve his property. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/29/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Baltimore, MD Free people of color property ownership slavery https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/598c1af20afe49d917b220e7b257245a.pdf 25db3bc709aa9f935aa10f1974568f3b https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/f73df7ed7860e6c5ff163790434edb7e.pdf bc5c789934bd2800de36b1449ab9f5f1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Maryland and the Military Description An account of the resource This collection documents Black Marylanders' interactions with and contributions to the military during the Civil War. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The National Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-1865 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Open access Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Commander of Fort McHenry to the Headquarters of the Middle Department Head [Quarters] 2nd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Defences of Baltimore, Fort McHenry, Md., Oct 31 1864. Major James R Ross AAA Genl I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date, 8 55 PM, directing Salutes to be fired at Fort Federal Hill, tomorrow, in honor of the free state of Maryland— I am very respectfully your obsvt W W Morris Bt Brig Genl Vols Bt Brig Genl W W Morris to Major James R Ross, 31 Oct. 1864, M-742 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4233]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General William W Morris acknowledges orders to fire a salute in Baltimore celebrating the end of slavery in Maryland Description An account of the resource 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. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/31/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Baltimore, MD abolition slavery https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/fabfe71eacdf8b245b2aa77526471c4e.pdf 2d4dac3f5ce6b511e1e6cbcb139f9dbb https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/02482b2f319cd3b0a385a033b6817b32.pdf 95a5e995abda6d373881c0e66f70d71d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Maryland and the Military Description An account of the resource This collection documents Black Marylanders' interactions with and contributions to the military during the Civil War. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The National Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-1865 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Open access Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Headquarters of the Middle Department to a Free Black Resident of Baltimore Copy Head Quarters, Middle Department, 8th Army Corps, Baltimore, July 10th 1864. Anthony Armstrong (colored), is hereby authorized to raise a company of Colored militia for the defense of this City— As soon as the organization is completed, the Company will report at these Head quarters, when orders will be issued to furnish them with all necessary equipments— The Company will be ordered to Report to Brig. Gen. Lockwood at No 36 North Street. By Command of Maj. Gen. Wallace (Signed) W. H. Este, Major. & A.D.C. Major W. H. Este to Anthony Armstrong , 10 July 1864, M-349 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4232]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Free Black Baltimore resident Anthony Armstrong applies to raise a Black militia to defend the city Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/10/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Baltimore, MD Black soldiers https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/ce045df9b8670bb2b194b5de5ecba4cd.pdf 776e20621432949c12f012275342f162 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/73f3f21b73c7ec503e96e0ab0ee4a656.pdf edc60adc48f4e1abac7503c8312d5723 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Families in Civil War Maryland Description An account of the resource This collection documents the experiences of Black Maryland families during the Civil War. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Headquarters of the Middle Department to the Commander of the Third Separate Brigade; Headquarters to the Commander; and the Commander to the Commander of the Middle Department Head Quarters, Middle Department, 8th Army Corps, Baltimore, December 2d 1864 General, x (extract) x x x He will give special attention to Par. 1. of S.O. No 112, Current Series these Hd. Qrs, and break up the practice now prevalent of apprenticing young negroes, without the consent of their parents, to their former masters. If necessary, he will not hesitate to arrest all masters who refuse liberty to such apprentices, or withold them from their parents, and keep them in custody until they consent to such liberation— In case the parents of apprentices are not able to support them, and they desire it, he will send them to Baltimore, to the care of Lt. Col. W. E. W. Ross 31st U.S.C.T., in charge of Freedman’s Bureau. He will endeavor to keep families together as far as possible: but at the same time use his influence to discourage emigration for the present, and only send to Baltimore those who cannot find homes, occupation and labor where they now are— x x x x (over) I am General Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant (S) Saml: B. Lawrence A.A.G. To Brig: Genl: H H Lockwood Com’dg 3d Sep. Brigade A true copy: Saml B Lawrence Asst: Adjt: Genl: [Endorsement] Head Quarters Middle Dep’t 8th Army Corps, Baltimore Md. Dec. 8/1864 Extract of letter from these Head Quarters to Brig. Genl. Lockwood—Dec 2nd 1864, respectfully furnished—to —Brig. Genl Lockwood who is hereby directo not to proceed under the instructions herein contained until further orders. By Command of Major Genl. Wallace Saml B Lawrence A.A. Genl. [More?] [Baltimore] Dec. 9th 1864 Brig. Gen. Lockwood Salisbury Md. That part of your instructions relating to negroes has been countermand. I will send the papers to Cambridge tomorrow. James C. Mullikin Lt. & A.A.A.G. 10 Salisbury Md Dec 11 [1864] Maj Gen. Wallace Just arrived here from below find a telegram from Lt. [Mulliken] saying that orders have gone to me. Cambridge Countermanding my instructions so far as relates to the negroes. Presuming that this refers to the subject of the recent apprenticeship in these Counties I beg leave to submit a few remarks it is impossible to convey to you by telegraph any idea of the hundreds of abuses that have come to my knowledge of this system I have knowledge of cases where lads of sixteen 16 & Eighteen 18 have been bound out & than hired to their fathers who are prosperous farmers for ten 10 and twelve 12 dollars a month both you and I are put in false position here by stopping short now, I dont think that any one can visit these Counties as I have done without seeing the importance of stopping this wholesale perversion of what designed to be a humane law I will leave for Cambridge tomorrow & desire to hear from you by telegraph tonight Genl Lockwood 170 Col. 715 Saml: B. Lawrence to Brig: Genl: H H Lockwood, 2 Dec. 1864, M-841 1864, Letters Received, ser. 4921, 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 2 No. 319 [C-4118]; Lt. James C. Mullikin to Brig. Gen. Lockwood, 9 Dec. 1864, vol 69 8AC, p. 102, Press Copies of Telegrams Sent, ser. 2334, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4118]; Genl Lockwood to Maj Gen. Wallace, 11 Dec. [1864], vol. 65/89 8 AC, pp. 62-64, Press Copies of Telegrams Received, ser. 2345, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-8922]. According to a letter from General Lockwood’s adjutant, William M. Boone, to Black minister John Dennis, the order from General Wallace that empowered him to break up the apprenticeship system had been countermanded by the Secretary of War. (Wm. M. Boone to Jno. Dennis, 26 June 1865, vol. 94/178 8AC, p. 414, Lettters Sent, ser. 4916, 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 2 No. 319 [C-8895].) A published series of communications on apprenticeship related to this case may be found in Freedom, ser. 1, vol. 2, pp. 522-528. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Henry H. Lockwood attempts to break up the abusive apprenticeship system on the Eastern Shore, but is countermanded by headquarters Description An account of the resource 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's reply in protest of the decision. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/2/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Eastern Shore, MD Apprentice https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/8916bb7da600e159bf47b3e353f78391.pdf f5156ec86d95e416535b2149771756a2 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/358f64ec6ef8218c3fb2fcab6bb7eed1.pdf f62e6bfe704ddb4454947f80b0aa7510 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Maryland and the Military Description An account of the resource This collection documents Black Marylanders' interactions with and contributions to the military during the Civil War. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The National Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-1865 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Open access Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Governor of Maryland to President Lincoln State of Maryland Executive Department Annapolis March 16, 1864 His Excellency Abraham Lincoln President of the U. States Dear Sir I feel it to be my duty to enclose to you a copy of a letter just received from the States Attorney of Prince Georges County in this state: and to invite your serious attention to its contents, It sets forth the particulars of an outrage committed by a detachment of Colored troops passing through that County, about a week ago, who forceably entered the County Jail, and set at liberty twenty one persons therein confined: the greater part of them on criminal charges, some already indicted and waiting trial, and one under conviction for a Capital crime and awaiting sentence, I am not disposed to trouble your Excellency with any comments upon such a proceeding, nor can I believe it to be necessary, I cannot for a moment suppose that such conduct will be tolerated by you, nor doubt that you will cause immediate inquiry to be made into the transaction and promptly punish those engaged in it, At a time like this, when the proximity of our armies brings into the State, large numbers of Camp followers; and when many hundreds of our Slave population have left their homes, and are straggling through the State, dependant in a great degree for support upon what they can pilfer, our citizens are subject in more than an ordinary degree to depredations, and if a squad of Soldiers is permitted to pass through our County Towns, and forcibly deliver the Jails of their inmates, your Excellency can well imagine the result to be apprehended, I would therefore most respectfully suggest, that it is due to the safety of our citizens, as well as to the credit of the Government that such an outrage as is detailed in the enclosed letter should not only be promptly punished, but that some such order should be immediately passed as will prevent its recurrence, and hold the officers in command of such troops to a strict accountability, I submit the subject for your Excellencys consideration, in confidence that you will apply the proper remedy I have the honor to be with great respect Your Obdt Servant signed A. W. Bradford (Copy) [Enclosure] Upper Marlboro [Md.]: 15" March 1864 To, His Excellency Governor Bradford Sir. My having been confined to a sick bed for the past week will be my apology for not having before called your attention, officially, to the following circumstance:— On the afternoon of the 8th inst. a large number of negro troops, from Birney's Camp at Benedict, arrived at this place, under the command of one Lt. Col Perkins and other white officers and took possession of the Court House for quarters. The next morning a squad of the negroes was sent into the County Jail, of which they had previously demanded the keys, and set at liberty 21 of the prisoners—leaving only one person behind, a white man charged with Larceny— of those released, one was a white man brought here recently from Washington under a Requisition from your Excellency. Eleven were confined on various criminal charges, some being already under indictment and awaiting trial. The charges varied from Arson to Larceny, abducting slaves &c. one of the negroes released was actually under conviction of Arson—his sentence having been respited by the Court until April Term As soon as our Sheriff reached the village, he hastened after the military who had started for Annapolis. The Lt. Col. had stated that his orders were only to take out the able bodied negroes &c. and that the Jailer was responsible for the escape of the others. yet all of them were released by a large armed squad, and at the very point of the bayonet. Still the sheriff followed on to Queene Anne, hoping to have restored at least the women & boys &c. But he met with no success, was roughly treated, and even threatened with personal violence. The occurrence of so unprecedented an outrage within 18 miles of the National Capital, ought not probably to pass unnoticed I had thought of communicating the facts to Mr. Johnson of the Senate, and to our member in the House of Representatives— But upon reflection, I supposed I should best discharge myself of my duty in the premises by placing you in possession of the facts, and leaving the whole matter to your superior experience and discretion 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. It seems imposible that this man could have acted under orders Very Respectfully Yr Obt Servt (Signed) Edward W Belt One of the negro women released and taken along by them was under indictment for attempting to poisen a white family The troops and prisoners went from here to Annapolis A. W. Bradford to Abraham Lincoln, 16 March 1864, enclosing Edward W Belt to Governor Bradford, 15 Mar. 1864, M-94 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4140]. A published version of the letter from Belt to Bradford may be found in Freedom, ser. 2, pp. 216-217. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Governor Bradford complains to Lincoln that Black Marylanders have been unjustly freed from jail by Black soldiers Description An account of the resource 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.” Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/16/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Prince George's County, MD Black soldiers women https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/6f9d15c817fe8d762bc35c67cd6eff48.pdf c9715706a62d1611fb8981fd9c4e2a3d https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/a86b740fd2546829c8c93f18de15fc29.pdf 2a883811497b691a37b050b7ee28eb21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Parallel Politics Description An account of the resource This collection highlights Black political activity and organizing from outside formal institutional politics. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Commander of the District of Delaware and Eastern Shore of Maryland to the Headquarters of the Middle Department; the Commander to a Delaware Clergyman; and the Clergyman to the Commander Head Qr’s Dist of Delaware, And Eastern Shore of Md Wilmington April 3d 1865 Lt. Col S. B. Lawrence AA Gen’l Middle Dep’t 8th A.C. Baltimore Md. Col. I have the honor to report that whilst at Salisbury I understood that the Rev. A. Wallace was at Philadelphia and addressed a letter to him to which I have rec'd a reply dated Laurel Delaware March 28th 1865 which contains among other matters the following paragraph. "This whole matter I find it necessary now to turn over to the hands of my successor in the office of P. Elder Rev S. M. Cooper Princess Anne Md who will report to you and observe any instructions from your Head Qrs. I have not yet heard from the Rev. Mr Cooper but presume I will in a few days. I visited Salisbury last week to attend to some unfinished business and whilst there I made arrangements to hear from the colored preachers and others connected with the congregations of the burned churches, so that they be informed it was the desire of the Authorities that their churches should be speedily rebuilt." Very Respectfully Your Obdt Servt John R Kenly Brig, Genl, Comdg Head Qrs, Dist of Delaware, and Eastern Shore of Md Wilmington Del May 3d 1865 Rev. A. Wallace Laurel Delaware Dear Sir. In your favor of the 28th of March last you informed me that it would be necessary for you to turn over to your successor in office of P. Elder the business connected with rebuilding the burnt African Churches on the E. Shore of Md and that the Rev S. M. Cooper was your sucsessor. You also informed me that Mr Cooper would report to me which he has not done; and I you to advise me whether your sucsessor is prosecuting the object for which the fund was raised. Very Respectfully Your Obdt Servt John R Kenly Brig. Gen. Comdg 412 S. Juniper St. Philada. July 5th 1865 Brig. Gen Kenly Dear Sir. I now have the honor & pleasure to report that each of the Colored Churches burned lately in Somerset are in a fair way of being speedily rebuilt. and on the kind of basis I desired to reach. Boards of colored Trustees have been appointed, lots secured and valid Deeds prepared in each case. Through Mr Hodson of Princess Anne, I am paying over the funds entrusted to me, as the work progresses, I would be glad to know, whether you desire in any case, to return funds collected from parties below. A line, at your convenience will oblige very Truly, your obt. Servant (sgd) Adam Wallace A True Copy S. C. Willis jr 1st Lieut and A. A. A. Genl. 1st Sep Bgd 8th A Corps [Endorsement] Hdqrs 1st Sep. Brig 8th A. Corps Relay House July 14th 1865. Respectfully forwarded for the information of Dept. Headqrs. John R Kenly Brig Gen’l Com’dg [Endorsement] HEAD-QUARTERS MIDDLE DEPARTMENT, EIGHTH ARMY CORPS, Baltimore, July 14th , 1865. Respectfully returned to Brig. General J. A. Kenly Comd’g. 1st Sep. Brig. 8th A. C. — No portion of the funds collected will be returned. By Command of Major General Wallace. Geo H. Hooker Asst. Adjt. General. Brig, Genl, John R Kenly to Lt. Col S. B. Lawrence, 3 Apr. 1865, vol. 95/177 8AC, p. 12, Letters Sent, ser. 4907, Northern Division of LA, RG 393 Pt. 2 No. 318 [C-8887]; Brig. Gen. John R Kenly to Rev. A. Wallace, 3 May 1865, , vol. 95/177 8AC, p. 42, Letters Sent, ser. 4907, Northern Division of LA, RG 393 Pt. 2 No. 318 [C-8887]; Adam Wallace to Brig. Gen Kenly, 5 July 1865, K-11 1865, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4149]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rev. Adam Wallace reports on the progress of rebuilding Black churches burned by white Marylanders Description An account of the resource Rev. Adam Wallace (late Presiding Elder of Methodist Church, Dist of Eastern Shore of MD) to Brig. Gen. John Kenly, reporting that the Black churches in Somerset Co, MD "are in a fair way of being speedily rebuilt." They had been destroyed by fire late in 1864 (John Reddish was arrested as the alleged arsonist). Numerous letters and endorsements included in the file deal with the arrest of Reddish, the prgress of rebuilding the churches, and the process by which the army collected funds for rebuilding them from rebel sympathizers. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/5/1865 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Somerset County, MD Black church church property white opposition to Black churches