1 10 44 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/edb9b0873de62236538c3721af1d23d8.pdf f53bc51b43b79767d4d61c9c380a7dbe https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/c941cb554aa3d9bd7c15601b14b5f793.pdf d20bcf96b0688e79f9054c2b184d686c 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 Telegrams between President Lincoln and the Commander of the Middle Department Washington, D.C. Oct 21. 1863 Major General Schenck, A delegation is here saying that our armed colored troops are at many, if not all, the landing on the Patuxent river, and by their presence, with arms in their hands, are frightening quiet people, and producing great confusion. Have they been sent there by any order, and if so, for what reason? A. Lincoln Baltimore, Md. Oct. 21. 1863. A. Lincoln President of U.S.-- The delegation from St. Mary's County have grossly misrepresented matters. Col. Birney went, under my orders, to look for the site of a camp of instruction and rendezvous for colored troops. See his report this day forwarded to the Adjutant General-- He took with him, a recruiting squad, who were stationed, each with an officer at Mill Stone, Spencers, Saint Leonards, Dukes, Forest Grove & Benedict landings on the Patuxent. They are under special instructions, good discipline and have harmed no one-- The only disorder or violence has been that two secesionists, named Southeron have Killed Second Lieut. White at Benedict, but we hope to arrest the murderers-- The officer was a white man-- The only danger of confusion might be from the citizens, not the soldiers--but Col. Birney himself visited all the landings, talked with the citizens, and the only apprenhension they expressed was that their slaves might leave them. It is a neighborhood of rabid secessionists. I beg that the President will not intervene and thus embolden them-- R.C. Scheneck Washington, Oct. 22. 1863. Major General Schenck, Please come over here-- The fact of one of our officers being killed on the Patuxent, is a specimen of what I would avoid. It seems to me we could send white men to recruit better than to send negroes, and thus inaugerate homicides on punctillio. Please come over. A. Lincoln A. Lincoln to Major General Schenck, 21 Oct. 1863, Negro in the Military Service, p. 1687, ser. 390, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-461]; Maj. Genl. R. C. Schenck to A. Lincoln, 21 Oct. 1863, vol. 1, pp. 308-09, Telegrams Received by the President, RG 107 [L-165]; A. Lincoln to Major General Schenck, 22 Oct. 1863, Negro in the Military Service, p. 1692, ser. 390, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-461]. The pages in War Department Telegrams Sent, vol. 20, from which typescripts of the Lincoln telegrams were made for the Negro in the Military Service compilation, have subsequently been torn from the volume. 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 Lincoln expresses concern over the impact of Black military recruiters on white public opinion Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 21, 1863 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, Maryland bureaucracy Lincoln military discrimination recruitment https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/a842cf0f8a6844e47908fa6b1027e27b.pdf 533f2a48475f6f261ce7ca4a28686a12 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/0b27853b98d7984f1ba4836b2dd2bff1.pdf d1cb30a9e6cc5e204a1931abcc8c94c6 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 Clerk in the Claim Division of the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau to a Bounty Claimant; and Her Reply [Baltimore, Md.] July 8” [186]7 Mrs James Emory Long M[ars]h [Queen] Ann Co Maryland Madam I am directed by Maj Gen Gregory to notify you that proof of marriage or [certification?] is required in your claim for your husbands Bounty. Your husbands father claims that you [were] nev[er] lawfully m[arri]ed to his son and he has instituted a claim for his Bounty. You had better call at this Office and bring this letter with you. Very respectfully C. W. Hildreth Clerk Long Marsh P.O. Queen Ann's Co. Md. [July? 1867] Mr. C. W. Hildreth. I got your letter yesterday & hasten to reply. I have had so much trouble & gone so in debt to get my poor husband's bounty, that I was able to do no more, unless there was something accomplished by all my trouble, which there dint seem to be as there seems some hope of getting it, from your letter, I will try again. I can prove by the best authority, that I was lawfully married to James Emory. I was married to him by a Methodist preacher, colored, & my husband paid him for marrying us, he was a regular preacher in the conference, & it was the way all the people were married. If his Father says we were not lawfully married, he tells a story, because he wants to get the Bounty himself. & I am the right one to have it, I am his widow & a poor woman, & have one child, a boy, living, four years old, who should have some of the money of his Father, to raise & educate him. I have no money nor cant get any to go to Baltimore, but I will send a certificate of my marriage, with the preacher's name to it, sworn to before the county magistrate I would think this proof enough. I will send it in the next mail to you please show this to Gen Gregory & ask him if he can help me & I will be grateful all my life. Yours Respectfully Henrietta Emory. C. W. Hildreth to Mrs James Emory, 8 July 1867, vol. 7, p. 4, Press Copies of Letters Sent, series 1995, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives; Henrietta Emory to Mr. C. W. Hildreth, [July? 1867], filed with claim of Emory, James, Case Files for Claims for Bounty & Pay Arrearages, series 2000, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives. According to an unsigned endorsement in the bounty file dated April 1868, Henrietta Emory had previously filed a claim for her husband’s bounty in 1866.   Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau Agent in Charge of Claims to a Bounty Claimant; and Two Replies from the Claimant HEAD QUARTERS, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, DISTRICT OF MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. No. 12 North Calvert Street. Claim & Complaint Division. Baltimore [Md.], January 14 1868 Mrs. Emory You are requested to state at your earliest convenience, what you have done or propose doing with papers sent you to execute in your claim for your husband's Bounty, when you answer, return this letter with your letter A W Bolenius Agent In charge of Claim & Complaint Division. (& see her papers) Beaver Dams [Md.]. Feb 4th 1868 Kind Sir I received your letter of Dec wanting to know whot I intend doing I must here state I do not know whot to do more than I have done for I have nothing to do with I am a poor woman and I can not get any thing done with out paying for it and I am not able to stand to it I want you to do all you can for me for I have no money to do any thing with Your. Obedient Servant Henrietta Emory Long Marsh Md Feby 12th /68 Sir Your letter was recived and in reply I will say that it is imposible for me to come to your Office. I am not able to come I certainly have not money to spare to pay my expenses to Baltimore and back I have gott one child and myself to maintain and it is imposible for me to come please do what you can for me and let me know how you will do please let me hear from you soon and Oblidge your Obedient Servant Hennie Emory Long Marsh Md A. W. Bolenius to Mrs. Emory, 14 Jan. 1868; Henrietta Emory to Kind Sir [Adolphus W. Bolenius], 4 Feb. 1868; Hennie Emory to Sir, 12 Feb. 1868, all filed with claim of Emory, James, Case Files for Claims for Bounty & Pay Arrearages, series 2000, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives. The letter to which Emory replied on February 12 has not been found in the volumes of press copies of letters sent of the Claim Division of the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau.   Headquarters of the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau Assistant Commissioner to a Bounty Claimant; and a Reply by the Claimant, Enclosing the Affidavit of a Black Clergyman No. 12 N. Calvert St. [Baltimore, Md.] Feby. 27 [186]8 Madam:- Please inform me whether you will be able to furnish the marriage certificate, properly sworn to by the officiating clergyman, as promised in your letter of recent date & oblige Very respectfully Edwd C. Knower Bt. Capt. U.S.A. A.A.A. Genl. Return reply in enclosed envelope Henrietta Emory Long Marsh P.O. Queen Ann Co. Md Long Marsh P.O. [Md.] [February? 1868] Edward C Knower— Dear Sir, I send the certificate of my marriage as you requested me. Col Cragrier the one who used to supertend the buisness has all my pappers. I have tried to get my money so long, I am poor & have not the money to pay for gitting any more certificates & things, I have gone to a great deal of expense about it, I sent them all once to Col Cragrier who promised to send me the money. I will be a thousand times obliged to you if you send me my money. I am much in debt about this buisness, I had to pay $2, for what little I had done for me this morning, & the money which is due my poor dead husband ought to be mine, He killed himself in the army! You could send me the money in a letter. Yours Respectfully Henrietta Emory Long Marsh P.O. Queen Ann’s Co Maryland [Queen Anne County, Md., February? 1868] State of Maryland Queen Annes County to wit I hereby make oath that I married Jas Emery & Henrietta Price on the 25 day of December 1860 according to the usages of the state of Maryland his John X Smith mark attest R H Gibson Sworn before W. D. Smith J.P. Bt. Capt. Edwd C. Knower to Henrietta Emory, 27 Feb. 1868, vol. 7, p. 435, Press Copies of Letters Sent, series 1995, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives; Henrietta Emory to Edward C Knower, [Feb.? 1868]; Affidavit of John Smith, [Feb.? 1868], both filed with claim of Emory, James, Case Files for Claims for Bounty & Pay Arrearages, series 2000, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives.   Headquarters of the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau Assistant Commissioner to a Bounty Claimant; and Her Reply Head Quarters, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, District of Maryland and Delaware, No. 12 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md., May 4 1868 Madam:- In your claim for pay on account of your late husband James Emery Co. "D." 39 U,S,C,T, the enclosed affidavit must be duly executed as indicated therein in pencil, If the Justice of the Peace who charged you two dollars for the affidavit previously sent, which was irregular in form, & of no value still refuses to execute the enclosed free of charge, (it being designed to supply the place of the one which you have already paid for,) please report the same to this office with the name & residence of the Justice, Follow the directions in pencil & return the affidavit with this letter to this office, Respectfully Edwd C Knower Bvt. Capt. & A.A.A. Genl. Henrietta Emery Long Marsh. Queen Ann. Co. Md. Long Marsh. PO. [Md.] August 26 [1868]. Edward C. Knower— Sir, I received your notice & reply immediately I have written repeatedly to the office in regard to my bounty money, & have gone in debt going to Baltimore, & writing for it, & have never got one cent, I am poor & not able to do any more unless I was sure of getting something, I send you all the papers I have about it & will be so thankful if you will collect it for me, for I am very needy, & can just make out to live, I will wait anxiously to hear from you, for I am very much in need of money, I have gone to so much expense trying to get it, & have no more to pay. I have sent papers to Baltimore twice proving that I was legally married to my husband, & I could do no more. Very Respectfully Henrietta Emory. Bvt. Capt. Edwd C Knower to Henrietta Emery, 4 May 1868; Henrietta Emory to Edward C. Knower, 26 Aug. [1868], both filed with claim of Emory, James, Case Files for Claims for Bounty & Pay Arrearages, series 2000, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives.   Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau Agent in Charge of Claims to a Bounty Claimant HEAD QUARTERS, SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, NORMAL SCHOOL BUILDING, Cor. SARATOGA and COURTLAND Streets, Baltimore, Md. Sept. 18th. 1868 Henrietta Emory. Long Marsh Md. Take the enclosed letter to Justice Smith— I think he will assist you, Also have John Smith, the preacher who married you, and two witnesses, colored, or white, men of women provided they are not interested— go with you to Justice Smith, The witnesses must be acquainted with you, and your husband, know that you lived together as man and wife for several years As soon as the affidavit (which is in the letter for Justice Smith) is executed return it to this office, Unless you attend to this matter, you will NEVER get your claim settled, E. C. Knower, Bt Capt. U.S.A. Box 599 P,O, Baltimore Md I H Bayne Agent [Endorsement] [Long Marsh? Md.] Mr Smith Sir Please to fix this womans papers for Her & turn them to Mr Geo Johnson for me and oblige I E H Bayne from Bureau Boltomore. Bt Capt. E. C. Knower to Henrietta Emory, 18 Sept. 1868, filed with claim of Emory, James, Case Files for Claims for Bounty & Pay Arrearages, series 2000, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives. Bayne’s endorsement to Justice Smith is written on the reverse of the letter of September 18, 1868 from Captain Knower to Emory that is printed above.   Bounty Claimant to the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau Agent in Charge of Claims, Enclosing the Statement of a Maryland Physician Long Marsh P.O. [Md.] April 13. 1870. Capt Knower— I received the letter, with the one for Justice Smith, which I gave him. I have sent you all the certificates you have asked of me, & have done all I could to get my money. I sent you the certificate of my marriage. I was Jim Emory’s lawful wife, & have proved it to you, & me & his son Moses, are the lawful ones to have it. I have gone to much expense to get it, & am not able to do more for I am a poor woman. I send you in this the certificate of the Dr, who attended him in his last illness. I am very needy, & can do no more, am not able to pay for all the expense I have already gone to. Hoping to hear something from it. Respectfully Heneritta Emory. Long Marsh P.O. Queen Ann’s Co. Md [Enclosure] [Long Marsh, Md.] Apr. 13/70 I certify that I attended, as Physician, Jas. Emory U.S.C.T., in his last sickness, in the year 1864, after he left the Army. Also that his disease was, Chronic Diarrhea L.H. Beatty Heneritta Emory to Capt Knower, 13 Apr. 1870, enclosing statement of L. H. Beatty, 13 Apr. 1870, filed with claim of Emory, James, Case Files for Claims for Bounty & Pay Arrearages, series 2000, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives.   Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau Agent in Charge of Claims to the Freedmen’s Bureau Commissioner [Baltimore, Md.] May 9th [1870] Bv’t. Major Gen’l. O. O. Howard. Comr Bureau R.F. & A.L. Washington, D.C. General. I have the honor to request information as to what evidence is on file, and what evidence necessary to complete the claim for Pension of Henrietta Emory as widow of James Emory; deceased Pvt. D. 39th US.C.T. Claim filed by J. P. Creagher in 1866. Please return this letter with statement. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant. Edwd C Knower Bv’t. Captain U.S. Army. In charge of claims. Bv’t. Captain Edwd C Knower to Bv’t. Major Gen’l. O. O. Howard, 9 May [1870], vol. 11, p. 202, Press Copies of Letters Sent, series 1995, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives. No reply has been found in the commissioner’s letters-sent volumes.   Maryland Merchant to the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau Agent in Charge of Claims Beaver Dams [Md.] May 4th 1871 Mr Edwd C Knower Dear Sir Hennie Emory, the wife of James Emory, came to see me a fiew days since stating to me that she had recieved several letters from you that if she would get some one that knew her, and also knew her to bee the wife of said Emory, that you would pay her the amt due. if there is any you can send the papers that is nessesary to bee filled up and it will be attended to. wright and lett me know yours Respectfully J. L. Turner P.O. Long Marsh Queen anns co M, D, J. L. Turner to Mr Edwd C Knower, 4 May 1871, filed with claim of Emory, James, Case Files of Pension Claims, series 2002, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives.   Statement of a Maryland Physician Long Marsh P.O. Queen Ann's Co. Md. May 5. 1871. By request of Hennie Emory I certify that I was the physician of James Emory, her husband, after his return from the army & that I have no knowledge of his ever being scalded by his wife, as I understand has been represented. L. H. Beatty Statement of L. H. Beatty, 5 May 1871, filed with claim of Emory, James, Case Files for Claims for Bounty & Pay Arrearages, series 2000, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives.   Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau Agent in Charge of Claims to a Maryland Merchant; Maryland Bounty Claimant to the Agent; and the Merchant to the Agent [Baltimore, Md.] May 8th [18]71 J. L. Turner Esqr Long Marsh P.O. Md. Sir. Your letter of May 4th Received. There is certain evidence (not difficult to furnish) required to complete the claims of Henrietta Emory as widow of James Emory "D" 39th but it is useless to attempt the completion of her claims unless she can disprove certain facts sworn to by the father, of soldier, who has also made a claim. The Statements made and proved by the father are as follows viz: that, "Henrietta lived with other men while James Emory was in the Army, that she so continued to live until the year 1867 when she married one John Meade, that she was so living when James Emory came home sick on a furlough and she positively refused to receive said soldier, and care for h[im], but forced him to leave her and go to [hi]s father’s house & during four week[s] [sickness?] Henrietta paid no attention [to] James & did not see him until his burial” Before anything further can be done in regard to Henrietta's Claims she must furnish the testimony of two or more reliable white persons who can prove the falsity of the fathers statement If she has any such witnesses she need to simply send me THEIR names and state which of the above statements they will swear from their personal knowledge to be false If any of the assertions are true, and Henrietta can give a good reason for her conduct I would like to have her statement, Remember!! do not attempt to have any papers sworn to, but simply send the names and facts and I will prepare a proper affidavit, AFTER we have straightened out the above matter we can then go ahead and complete her claims, Prompt action is necessary as this office will soon close and the claim will be given to father as Henrietta has had ample time to complete claims Let me hear from you Edwd C Knower 1st Lieut. U.S.A. Beaver Dams [Md.] May 16 1871 Mr Edward C Knower Dear Sir Yours of the 8 inst came to hand on the fifteenth I was not aware that the Father of James had made any application to the office for the money. I have always thought that Samuel Emery aught to have the money, Henrietta Meeds was in my Store this morning to seel me about the matter, and I took her to herself and Questioned her, and she could not offer any evidence against the statements that Samuel Emery had already made, I am willing to testafy to the statements as set fourth in your letter to me, also Dr G. N. Parvis will do the same Hennie lived with me also James Emery her husband at the time he went in the army, and I know all about the facts in the case, and I feel willing to do any thing that is wright for Sam, please lett me here what is to bee done and it will be attended to at once Dr G. N. Parvis lives in the same town and a letter directed to the same P.O. will reach him Please wright soon yours &c— J L Turner [Long Marsh, Md.] May 17th 1871 Dear Sir I have heard the letter red that you sent to me but it give me very pore incurgement but I will try to come over on monday the 21 if I can Mrs Henryetta Emory Mr E. C Knower 1st Lieut. Edwd C Knower to J. L. Turner Esqr, 8 May [18]71, vol. 11, pp. 471-72, Press Copies of Letters Sent, series 1995, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives; J L Turner to Mr Edward C Knower, 16 May 1871, Unregistered Letters Received, series 1997, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives; Mrs Henryetta Emory to Mr E. C Knower, 17 May 1871, filed with Emory, James, Case Files of Pension Claims, series 2002, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives. No reply to Turner’s letter has been found in the volumes of press copies of letters sent of the Claim Division of the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau.   Representative of a Maryland Bounty Claimant to the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau Agent in Charge of Claims; and the Claims Agent to the Freedmen’s Bureau Commissioner Ridgely [Md.] Nov 16th 1871 E C Knower Esq Baltimore Dear Sir I recd your letter for Hester Ann Sparks to day, and will send it to her soon Sir I written you a letter Some tow weeks a go. and sent a stamp for an answer & Direct it to you PO Box 599 Baltimore Md asking you to tell me abouat Henry Miles [interlineation, in a different handwriting: Apr 20th. 1871 “A” 4th USCT] & Mrs Henrietta Emory case She wants me to attend to it for her Please to let me hear from them soon I am yours truly Isaiah H Bayne [Baltimore, Md.] Jany 2nd [18]72 General I have the honor to return herewith all papers in BOTH Pension and A,P, & B claims of Henrietta Emory widow of James Emory “D” 39th, with affidavits of two responsible persons confirming the charges of immorality and cruelty made in the endorsement of 2nd Auditor dated August 8th 1870, This case has been carefully and thoroughly investigated by me and every opportunity afforded claimant for refuting the charges against her, As the soldier left no child I think the father Samuel Emory should be recognised as the legal heir Respectfully Edwd C Knower 1st. Lieut. U.S.A To Brig Genl O. O. Howard Comr Bu &c Isaiah H Bayne to E C Knower Esq, 16 Nov. 1871, filed with claim of Emory, James, Case Files of Pension Claims, series 2002, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives; 1st. Lieut. Edwd C Knower to Brig Genl O. O. Howard, 2 Jan. [18]72, vol. 12, p. 297, Press Copies of Letters Sent, series 1995, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives. No reply to Bayne’s letter has been found in the volumes of press copies of letters sent of the Claim Division of the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau. No reply to Lieutenant Knower has been found in the commissioner’s letters-sent volumes. Neither the original copy of Knower’s letter nor its enclosures have been found among the letters received by the commissioner’s office. Henrietta Emory’s claim was listed as closed in the record books of the Claim Division of the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau. Accompanying the entry was a note to see the letter book entry dated January 2, 1872 for the conclusion of her case. (Entry for Emory, James, p. 1, Register of Claims not Originally Filed through the Baltimore Office, series 2004, MD Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, National Archives.) 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/. Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. A-4102 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/24/1867 Description An account of the resource 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. Title A name given to the resource Henrietta Emory explains that she is too poor to provide evidence in her pension case Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Long Marsh, Queen Anne's Co bureaucracy children claims family illness women https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/5a04ec082979ba3c535c9db8c76d03dc.pdf bffec0af40d263439a92ac80cd689fa5 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/dcbdebb4197b32c3972ec054d2724fea.pdf 80d8c78618239d8e98f9d861966103fb 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 Clergyman to the Headquarters of the Washington D.C., Freedmen’s Bureau Assistant Commissioner Smith fieald VA Jen the 27th 1866 I was travling In Anaplaus Marland In may 1855 — I prechd In the M E church Mr Samyel E devall [?] came and tuck me home to his house 3 miles and A haff from Amaplas In that time his wife and him prasuaded me to Leve Baltimore and he wood give me graund to Bild A house on In Anaplas Neck South River fary from 55 to 57. In march I was macking up my mind wather to go are not In march I Left Baltimore and came to anaplas And give Mr devalve 65 Dalors to By the Lamber fore my house from Mr AgleHart I Bought the Lambar from him Mr devalve Im plaid Hilley Willson colard to Bild the house fore me In July 1857 I movd from Baltimore to Anaplas In my one [own] house I thair Livd comfortable fore 3 yeairs In the year 1861 the atharateys starped mee from preching And in Auguest 1862 I was A Rested and put in Prison fore preching then my house was sarched By Mr devalves 2 sons Trenton and hary devalves Ha[ry?] destraded my papers and A counts I Lade in prison an till febury the 3th 1863 I was tackon to the court house and thair sold out fore 15 yeairs fore Biding me not to cross the Lines of marland the witsnaces to theas things are Rev John H Brice Metilda Edwards cathrin Blackson the cost of my House was /aa 47 Dalors Independent of my sha[rt?] that my son Bilt Laid A Benjman Howrd Plantaff Amelia Howard [different handwriting] make a careful abstract of this for file C — Reply who addesses to Lloyd Howard — No 4 Eutaw Court Balto, Md — Benjman Howrd to [C. H. Howard?], 27 Jan. 1866, Letters Received, ser. 453, DC Asst. Comr., RG 105 [A-9745]. General C.H. Howard included a summary of Benjmin Howard’s account in a May 18, 1866 report to the headquarters of the Freedmen’s Bureau in Washington, D.C. detailing “cases of outrages and assaults committed upon Colored Churches and Schools.” There is no indication of any further action in the case. (Brig. Gen’l C.H.Howard to Lieut F.A. Sladen, 18 May 1866, C-173 1866, Letters Received, ser. 15, Washington Hdqrs., RG 105 [A-9713].) According to Section 7 of “An Act Relating to Free Negroes and Slaves” passed by the 1831-1832 session of the Maryland General Assembly, “it shall not be lawful for any free negro or negroes, slave or slaves, to assemble or attend any meetings for religious purposes, unless conducted by a white licensed or ordained preacher or some respectable white person or persons of the neighborhood… and if any such meeting shall be held without being conducted as aforesaid, they shall be considered as unlawful and tumultuous meetings, and it shall be the duty of the nearest constable, or any other civil officer knowing of such meetings, either from his own knowledge or the information of others, to repair to such meeting, and disperse the said negroes or slaves.” Although the law treated Black religious assemblies without white supervision as illegal, Section 7 stipulated that “nothing contained in this act shall be construed to prevent the assemblage, within the limits of Baltimore city and Annapolis city, of such slaves, or free negroes and mulattoes for the purpose of religious worship, if said meetings are held in compliance with the written permission of a white licensed ordained preacher, and dismissed before ten o’clock at night.” According to Section 8, any Black Marylanders “found associating, or in any company with slaves, at any unlawful or tumultuous meeting… such free negro or mulatto shall be subject to the same punishment, and be liable in every respect to the same treatment and penalty as slaves thus offending.” Finally, Section 12 stipulated that if the penalty for these crimes fell short of capital punishment, free Black Marylanders found guilty of violating the act might “be banished from this state by transportation into some foreign country.” (An Act relating to Free Negroes and Slaves, 14 Mar. 1832, Laws Made and Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Maryland [Annapolis, Md., 1832], chapter 323.) Amelia Howard, listed by Benjman as “Plantaff” in his letter, filed a similar complaint with the headquarters of the Middle Department in 1864. Her undated testimony alleged that on May 9, 1862, she, “Matilda Edwards and Kitty Blackson, were setting down on the shore at Mr. Duvall's shucking oysters, and talking about Mr. Lincoln, the war and the emancipation which was to take place in 1864” when “Mr. Duvall rode up in our midst and overheard me say that Mr. Lincoln was the men that God [h]ad ordained to set the Etheopian free.” Duvall then crafted charges against her, and “made his son Vinton Duvall take a false oath that [she] was persuading his two men servants Jerry and Pompey [to run] away.” The testimony eventually led to a conviction, after which she was “sold at the Court House to go out of the State to stay away for 15 years.” Not only was she wrongfully imprisoned and sold, Amelia Howard alleged, but Duvall “has taken away my house and all my property, the ground which the house is built on he gave me for my lifetime, he has also taken and if not destroyed, he will not give up my free papers, my bills and receipts, and the contract of my house which he gave me himself of his own hand writing, signed with the consent of his wife Elizabeth Duvall.” (Testimony of Amelia Howard, [1864?], in Communication from Major Gen’l Lew. Wallace, in Relation to the Freedmen’s Bureau, to the General Assembly of Maryland [Annapolis, Md., 1865], pp. 94-95.) 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/. Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. A-9745 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/27/1866 Description An account of the resource 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. Title A name given to the resource Free Black pastor Benjman Howard reports on having been arrested and sold by the state of Maryland for preaching Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Ann Arundel Co, MD Black ministers Free people of color incarceration property ownership https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/12006526a104382259aaccba2120a661.pdf 63be87a2f8ee0a1423cd0d0d1edbf206 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/b44967bcd562f48ad9c90570f7464f47.pdf 760c7145b0ac96796b5149086c1c1d35 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 Affidavit of a District of Columbia Freedwoman [Washington, D.C.] 2nd day of Sept 1865 I Theresa Duffins a resident of Georgetown having been duly sworn do depose and state that in the Year 1863 I was held as a slave by one George William Smith who lives about one mile from Frederick City Maryland.̊̊that on account of a difficulty between his wife and myself He beat and bruised me severelẙ̊̊I went to the Provost Marshal of Frederick City Capt Cole and complained of the treatment I had received̊̊̊He told me to go back to my master.̊̊I then went to the Mayor who committed me to Jail.̊̊My former Master came and released me and told me that if I would go back I could do so if not that I must leave Maryland̊̊̊I left and came to Georgetown.̊̊One Year ago I went back to get my children̊̊̊He gave me the children but kept all my clothes and bed clothing viz a Feather bed one straw tick, a bedstead, 6 chairs, 6 quilts, a lot of clothing which I had picked up from the battle field a large looking glass 6 plates, a cut glass decanter, 2 glass Jars and three tumblers, 4 Jugs and one chest, worth to me at lease one hundred dollars̊̊̊In addition to this He kept clothing of mine worth Twenty five dollars. He told me that if I ever came back that He would kill me Her Theresa X Duffin mark Affidavit of Theresa Duffin, 2 Sept. 1865, Unregistered Letters Received, ser. 457, DC Asst. Comr., RG 105 [A-9872]. Sworn before a Freedmen's Bureau agent. Endorsement. 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 Theresa Duffin reports that her former enslaver beat her after she argued with his wife and that they refuse to return her property Description An account of the resource Affidavit of Theresa Duffin reporting that she had a run-in with her enslaver's wife in 1863 for which he severely beat her; she complained to the authorities & they promptly lodged her in jail; the enslaver got her out & told her that if she didn't wish to return to his place she must leave MD; she went to Georgetown; in fall 1864 she returned to the former enslaver'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 & clothing); she complains about the property, saying that the former master threatened to kill her if she ever returned to his place. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Washington, D.C. children incarceration property ownership women https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/80ceae567c2a416f467eea64d5560890.pdf 430194eb223dcdc8dec0fc1d2dfea7a6 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/192090bea3f67d9f6dd5576d0e6de9bd.pdf 9263cc6171048467883cce376e8ebc8d 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 Affidavit of a Maryland Freedwoman District of Columbia City of Washington 21st day of Oct 1865 I Jane Uncles a resident of Brookville Montgomery County Maryland having been duly sworn doth depose and say that on or about the 1st of May 1863 my daughter Hanna Warfield, who was then held as a slave by one Thomas Dorsey of Hoods Mills Howard County Maryland, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to the State Penitentiary at Baltimore Maryland for the term of ten (10) years I was not present at the trial but understand that my child was sentenced to the Penitentiary for striking Mrs Dorsey and knocking her down. They made it appear that my daughter (so I understood) Hanna made an unprovoked attack upon Mrs Dorsey when the truth was that Mrs Dorsey was whipping her and my daughter goaded by the lash struck her Hanna when sentenced to the Penitentiary was fifteen (15) years of age. her Jane X Uncles mark [Endorsement] Office Supt R.F. and A.L. Dist of Columbia Oct 21st 1865 Respectfully forwarded for the consideration of Col Jno Eaton Jr Ass't Com'r Dist of Columbia with the opinion expressed that the ends of Justice have most certainly been satisfied. This girl having been incarcerated 2 yrs and five months for doing that which any of Gods living creatures have a right to do defend themselves against brutal assaults come from where they may Wm. F. Spurgin Capt Supt Dist of Columbia Affidavit of Jane Uncles, 21 Oct. 1865, Unregistered Letters Received, ser. 457, DC Asst. Comr., RG 105, [A-9884]. Sworn before a Freedmen's Bureau agent. A notation on the outside of the file reads "Action taken in this case." 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 Jane Uncles testifies that her formerly enslaved daughter was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for defending herself during a beating by her enslaver Description An account of the resource Affidavit of Jane Uncles, who says that in 1863 her 15 year old daughter was convicted of striking her mistress & 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. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/21/1865 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. A-9884 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Howard Co, MD children incarceration punishment self-defense slavery violence women https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/8f72c17f8313afc32016bcb303067658.pdf 8a60f59865282a3124b49f8f4ed45f6c https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/680051ee67ddeef5b8d2b9b443a6f383.pdf 75a2f9eb91350f443584b85639919e72 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 Black Surgeon to the Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee and War Department Report Baltimore Md April 5th 1864 Sir, I beg leave most respectfully to inquire if the bill now pending to increase the pay of Colored Troops, will include commissioned officers? My reason for asking the question is that I have been commissioned for a year, and always has recd' pay as a Surgeon, But when I called upon Paymaster Ettings, in Baltimore a few days since for my pay he, refused to give it to me: and said I was only entitled to seven dollars $7) per month. The matter has been refered to higher authority, and I am unable to say what disposition will be made of it. But if the Bill in question does not make provision you will please have a clause inserted that will cover the whole ground I remain Sir Your obedient Servt A T Augusta, M.B. P.S. An answer at your earliest convenience will be thankfully received. [Endorsement] Respectfully referred to Major F. M. Vincent AAG. War Department for consideration & the proper action H Wilson [Endorsement] War Dept. A.G. Office. April 12" 1864. Respectfully referred to Brig. Genl. E. A. S. Canby A.A. Genl. U.S. Army. It is not understood that under existing laws the pay of an officer is affected by his color. By order C. W. Foster Asst. Adjt. Genl. Vols. [Washington, D.C.] April 15, 1864 Sir: I am instructed by the Secretary of War to acknowledge the receipt of the communication of Surgeon A. T. Augusta, U.S. Colored Troops, stating that the Paymaster at Baltimore had refused to pay him more than Seven dollars per month and in reply I am directed to state that the subject was submitted from the Paymaster Generals Office April 12, & it was decided that Surgeon Augusta was entitled to pay according to his rank V.R. Y.O.S. Surgeon A. T. Augusta to Senator Henry Wilson, 5 Apr. 1864, and Col. & Ins. Genl. to Hon. H. Wilson, 15 Apr. 1864, W-87 1863, Letters Received, ser. 360, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-47]. 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 Surgeon Alexander Augusta writes to Senator Henry Wilson regarding his low pay as a Black soldier despite holding the rank of major Description An account of the resource 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. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/28/1863 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. B-47 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 leader Black officer military discrimination soldier pay https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/24a2ffddf66c19d84586ef760a42cc57.pdf a794e9682ba9502f2ad6419bdaf42e0f https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/12821688cd47584bc456e428583fc916.pdf b464889996276269c4c6fb7abbf0bd33 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 Maryland Black Drummer Boy to the Secretary of War Alexandria V.a. Feb 21st 1865 Sir I have the honor of writing you a few Lines To inform you that i want to apply for a furlough for i enlisted in December the 18th 1863 as a Drummer boy and now i am about 14 months from home and my mother has wrote for me several times for me to come home I have ask for a furlough 3 different times now and they have put me off by saying that i was nothing but a boy and did not need one so i thought i would write to a higher authority and see what they would do for me I has respects for my folks at the Age of 14 as well as those of the age of 20 years i will now be 14 years of age the 25th of December 1865 i think that i have a right to my furlough at the end of 12 months any how a native of M.D bred and born in St marys County Very respectfully Yours Reason Brown I belong to the 19th MD Co. D. U S Cold Vol Reason Brown to the secatry of war, 21 Feb. 1865, B-126 1865, Letters Received, ser. 360, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-119]. 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 drummer boy Reason Brown petitions for furlough to visit his family in Maryland Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/21/1865 Description An account of the resource Reason Brown to the Sec. of War Brown is a 14 yr old drummer boy. He has been in the army for 14 months, has applied 3 times for a furlough and cannot get one. He wants to visit family in MD-officers tell him he is too young to want to visit his family. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Alexandria, VA; St. Mary's County, MD Black soldiers bureaucracy children family military discrimination women https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/328d168c03082b6423e54dfbbf85a7e3.pdf fd3052a70ef037701b3e0c71fa049555 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/de14b872f039fdadb1b21453b89288ec.pdf 66aaa9eca8d16a17e9a9a583d37ceaa9 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 Civilian Recruiting Agent to the Superintendent of Maryland Black Recruitment Centreville, Queen Anns County Md. August 24" 1863 Dear Sir: Since the arrest and imprisonment of Col. J. P. Creager, there is a strong opposition on the part of the citizens and civil authorities in this (Queen Anns) county against recruiting any more colored men. They assert and contend that, when a free colored man hires himself for a year, or a shorter 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. One recruit, John Singer, a free col,d man, in the employ of H. S. Mitchell, was arrested and taken from me at the Steamboat Landing at Queens Town, on a States writ, because, as the writ says, "he left his home and quit the service of H. S. Mitchell before the expiration of the time the hiring was to terminate, without reasonable and proper cause." Now this said John Singer left his home for the sole pupose of Volunteering and was on the way to Birney Barracks with me when he was arrested by order of one certain C. I. B. Mitchell. H. S. Mitchell and C. I. B. Mitchell are both notorious secessionests, and I am menaced with arrest by this class of persons, and have not the least doubt but that they will make the attempt if I am not sustained by proper military authority; and, unless some steps are taken by the Military to stop this strong opposition, it will be useless for me to try to obtain any more recruits. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Wm T. Chambers [Endorsement] Head Qrs. Recruiting for U.S. Colored Troops, Aug. 25, 1863. Respectfully forwarded for the information of the Secretary of War. The opposition to enlistment of Colored Troops is managed from Annapolis, is purely political and is designed to obstruct and hinder all recruiting of the kind. The arrest of Creager, a recruiting agent was the first step. Demands for return of slaves are the second. The third is the prevention by illegal writs of the enlistment of free blacks. I am advised by eminent counsel that the writ referred to within is illegal. If these efforts are not ended by speedy action of the War Dept, recruiting for colored troops must be abandoned in the state of Maryland. If I might suggest the remedy, it would be the support by the military authority, of my recruiting agents and the payment to loyal owners of a bounty for slaves enlisted. William Birney, Colonel Comg. 4th U.S.C.T. & Mustering & Recruiting Officer. Wm. J. Chambers to Col. Wm. Birney, 24 Aug. 1863, C-134 1863, Letters Received, ser. 360, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-616]. Chambers had written to the Secretary of War two days earlier, protesting the injustice of a recruitment policy that drafted and recruited free blacks, while prohibiting slave enlistment. He contended that in Queen Anne's County, the nonslaveholders, who were nearly all loyal unionists, suffered because their hired free black laborers were taken, while the slaveholders, who opposed the national government, benefited from retention of their bondsmen. Asking that the War Department "speedily order the recruiting of slaves," Chambers argued that "if you will allow the slaves to go, you strike a deeper blow against the rebellion than can be given in any other way." (William T. Chambers to Edwin M. Stanton, 22 Aug. 1863, C-125 1863, Letters Received, ser. 360, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-27].) 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 officials in Queen Anne's County challenge the recruitment of free people of color as temporary slaves Description An account of the resource 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 "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." Notes that John Singer, a free person of color, was arrested for enlisting and thus violating his contract "without reasonable and proper cause." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/22/1863 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Centreville, Queen Anne's Co, MD bureaucracy Free people of color incarceration local officials slavery white opposition to recruitment https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/011a9cc73738ddf7c3cec73cf227b5d8.pdf a474978bbda369d7b6415189715b81ca https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/aecd061f35374a62960ea0bec13b0276.pdf b278e6829f68f987f8c66b82af8f9078 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 Reports to Headquarters of the Middle Department from a Black Recruiting Agent and Colonel Bowman Balto July 6th/64 Sir. At a conversation, about the 26th of June with General Wallace at that time General Wallace stated that the most effectual mode of procuring recruits was the expeditions in the country among the rebels, where they were in abundance, for the Army of the United States; and at that time written a communication to Col. Bowman, favoring this scheme with his approbation, and ,et the Col.s views, and the Colonel then orderd the preparations to go on, which expedition set out a few days after, to Middle River Neck to procure all the recruits, either free or slave, by their own volition and admission, when the necessary questions were propounded to them. Are you loyal men to the Government--? Are you willing to be in obedience to the call of the President for colored volunteers to put down the rebellion, and to exterminate the Rebels, so that you will be free men those of you that are slaves, and receive $100 Bounty and $40 worth of clothing, and your freedom, and be men, as other men, enjoying all the rights and privileges under the Government, that can be granted to you. If free men, they will receive $300 Bounty, $200 cash and $100 in monthly installments until the whole $300 is paid, with wages and clothes as above mentioned. To all of which they answer, they are willing and would be glad to go, if their masters could not get them back. I assured them their masters could not take them back, if they were competent on examination to bear arms, and that their masters would be paid for them. They then offered the objection that they were to be made breastworks off, and to be put in the front, that the Government was deceiving them in the promise of bounty, wages, and freedom, and that they could be brought back again if they ran away. But as soon as we removed all these impressions, the men assented and said they would cheerfully, willingly go, in the presence of their rebel masters and mistresses. Some of their masters who were much attached to their slaves were unwilling to believe that they had assented, until they questioned them in the presence of Lieut. Frick; and other witnesses whom we have. Some of them were told by their masters to make themselves either younger or older than the required age, as the case might be By a close investigation we ascertained this fact.-- That strong active men of 21 had been represented as being only 16, and that strong healthy men of 40 had been represented as being 50 years old, and they were apprized that we were expected there and they were to make use of this deception to frustrate our object. One of their masters, called them on one side and told them they should be free as soon as they got to Baltimore, but they refused to rely on their master's promises any longer, and said they were willing to join the Union Army. If permitted to go in the Rebel camps, that is to say that part of the country which is wholly occupied by the rebels, we can get a thousand men in 30 days, strong, hearty, able-bodied men who wish to go, and only want the opportunity. As a specimen of that class of people we can get, we have now at Camp Birney, 14 fine, hearty-looking men, who are all cheerful and willing to go, and nothing could change their minds; except two, who are disappointed after giving their consent to embark in the army, and who thought the doctors would not pass them and they would be rejected. They said they would enter the army if their health permitted them, thinking they would be rejected. I saw them yesterday, on the 4th and conversed with them. They desired to go upon the next expedition, saying that they knew where plenty of men could be found, and that they would bring, by their appearance in uniform. the men around them like bees to the hive. The names are as follows.-- Age Residence Winfield Scott 20 Balto Co Slave Elias Dosey 20 " " free Sandy Bias 22 " " " Jerome Preston 33 " " Slave Thomas Preston 19 " " " Henry Preston 20 " " " Elias Allinder 23 " " " Jacob Lee 21 " " " John Jackson 19 " " free Damon Brown 43 " " " Emory Walker 19 " " Slave George Linch 36 " " free Jos Griffith 24 " " " Andrew Brown Slave The witnesses are as follows, who will corroborate the whole statement. Lieut. Frick. U.S.A. Recruiting officer, B. M. Hawley, Henry Carrol, and, in addition, several soldiers that were present and will testify to the whole conversations. I remain Your Obd't Serv't G. A. Hackett No 24 Holliday St [Baltimore, Md.] June 30 [1864]. General I have the honor to acknowledge the rect of your note of this PM papers enclosed, which I have not examined. I have been all day busy with the subject. As you know I hesitated about the expedition complained of, and but for your note by the black man Hackett I would not have allowed it to go out. But I am satisfied if you will just give me a few days at it, the thing will all evaporate. I have seen the recruits all, in the presence of complainants and only two out of 14 have expressed any desire to go back. I will not send them away, and if you say so, you can see them all yourself. I understand these people very well. Three of the men of whom most complaint is made declared they did not wish to be released, and two of them are very superior black men, almost white. I will send out no more parties. Very respy Yr obt st. S. M. Bowman G. A. Hackett to Col. Lawrence, 6 July 1864, H-162 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343 Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4137]; Col. S. M. Bowman to Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace, 30 June 1864, B-309 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4l32]. 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 A Black recruiter explains that enslaved Marylanders want to join the Union Army, but only if they are paid and treated equitably Description An account of the resource G.A. Hackett to Col. Lawrence (AAG) relating his experiences in recruiting Black soldiers (slave and free) in and around the area of Middle River, Baltimore County. Following up on Gen. Wallace’s advice that recruiting expeditions should take place among the rebel slaveholders, Hackett discovers that slaves were eager to join the Union army. But only after assurances that they would not be used as breast-work, that the government wouldn’t deceive them concerning wages and that they would not be returned to their masters. Hackett declares that, ’’Some of their masters who were much attached to their slaves, were unwilling to believe that they had assented (to enlistment), until they question them in the presence of Lt. Frick...” "Some of them were told by their masters to make themselves either younger or older than the required age, as the case may be." "One of their masters called them to one side and told them they should be free as soon as they got to Baltimore." "But they refused to rely on their master’s promises any longer.” Page four of the letter contains a list of fourteen slaves and freemen who enlisted. Hackett talked to some Black recruits who declare that, "plenty of men could be found, and that they would bring, by their appearance in uniform the men around them like bees to the hive." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/6/1864 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 Co, MD bureaucracy military discrimination recruitment slavery https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/e5ebe215310e1ab6f822bb78fc7c990c.pdf 6ec81d5e5d309273b3dda265ea01f778 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/5001468daa531e4be76cf031c4ec4019.pdf 0ed504837117c4f7434c125a5d950a9b 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 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 H. W. Bradford [Enclosure] Upper Marlboro' [Md.], 15" March 1864 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 posin 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 Gov. Bradford, 15 March 1864, M-94 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4140]. 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 Maryland Governor Augustus Bradford complains to Lincoln about the liberation of enslaved prisoners from jail in Prince George's County 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 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 bureaucracy family incarceration local officials slavery white opposition to recruitment women