1 10 44 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/fcc58054a00a4dfdbff21f31d1c4ad4c.pdf 2b9a91e0d3e691681fade99dc0d3042e https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/c097690406a04e250ad9fb13e294dcd6.pdf 2787c139571a603a298004d8f344dbc8 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 Third Separate Brigade to the Headquarters of the Middle Department; Endorsement by the Commander of the Middle Department; Endorsement by the Commander of the Third Separate Brigade; and Endorsement by an Officer in the Third Separate Brigade Head Quarters 3d Sep. Brig. 8th A.C. Baltimore Dec: 19th 1864 Capt. Oliver Matthews A. A. Genl. 8th A.C. Capt. I have the honor to report that James Ross (colored) Elder of Western Md. [circuit] states that the building used as a church by the [colored] people near Reisterstown was torn down on the 5th [inst] by some ill disposed parties, and himself & and [some] of the member threatened and abused. Ross requests that some step be taken to protect them. I would therefore respectfully submit this statement to the Maj. Genl. Comdg. for his action in the premises Very Respectfully Your Obdt Servt Henry H Lockwood Brig Genl. Hd. Qrs. Mid. Dept. 8th A,C, Baltimore Dec 21st/64 Respectfully referred to Brig. Gen’l. Lockwood, Comdg. 3rd Sep. Brigade, who will investigate this affair, and if the church was burned by disaffected people, or if there is reason to so believe, he will levy an assessment upon the disloyalists, and disaffected of the neighborhood. Gen’l Lockwood will be governed by instructions heretofore issued to Gen’l Lockwood in similar cases. By Command of Maj. Gen'l. Wallace (Signed) Saml B Lawrence A. A. G. Hd. Qrs. 3rd Sep. Brig. 8th A.C. Baltimore Dec. 28th 1865. Respectfully referred to Lieut Hazzard, A.D.C. who will proceed to this locality and investigate & report upon the facts in this case, and inquire particularly as to whether the damage was done by disaffected persons. By Command of Brig. Genl. Lockwood. James E. Mullikin Lt. & A.A.A.G. Hd. Qrs. 3rd Sep. Brig. 8th A.C. Baltimore Jan 2nd 1865 Respectfully returned to Lt. Mullikin, Lt. AAAG. 3rd Sep. Brig. 8th A.C. with full report of investigation. (Signed) David Hazzard Lt & A.D.C. [in the margin] Encloses Lieut Hazzard's report, Henry H Lockwood to Capt. Oliver Matthews, 19 Dec. 1864, Letters Sent, ser. 4915, 3rd Sep. Brigade, 8th AC, RG 393 Pt. 2 No. 319 [C-4221]; Endorsement by Maj. Gen'l. Wallace, 19 Dec. 1864, endorsement by Brig. Genl. Lockwood, 21 Dec. 1864, and endorsement by David Hazzard, 2 Jan. 1865, pp. 123, 144, vol. 84/156 8AC, Register of Letters Received and Endorsements Sent, ser. 4920, 3rd Sep. Brigade, 8th AC, RG 393 Pt. 2 No. 319 [C-8901]. 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 church elder reports the destruction of his church and the army investigates Description An account of the resource Brig. Gen. H.H. Lockwood to Capt. O. Matthews reporting that James Ross, and elder of Western Md Circuit, reports that a Black church near Reisterstown was torn down and its members harassed. Includes endorsements from Gen. Lewis Wallace and others ordering an investigation and possible tax assessment levied on disloyalists in neighborhood to pay for rebuilding Black churches. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/19/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Reisterstown, Maryland Black church church property white opposition to Black churches 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/340624ce2bb9024d75b1d66985013e18.pdf be95487d416adc67d9b721816d9aee79 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/977ec97da425f0b76eeaf5fe21bc1e78.pdf 9e430b4f47c05bd417da39bff73b965c 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 White Unionist to the Commander of the Middle Department and 8th Army Corps Head Quarters, Middle Department, 8th Army Corps, Baltimore [Md.], Nov 15" 1864 Dear Sir I have the honor to forward you a statement of facts, as to the binding of Negro Children in Dorchester County. I have seen them Carried from different portions of the County in ox Carts, waggons, and Carriags to the County town (Cambridge) to be Carried before the Court to be bound out as apprentices. in some Cases boys were bound out that would Command wages at sixty dollars per year Very Respectfully Your Obediant Servant John E. Graham John E. Graham to Major Genl Lew Wallace, 15 Nov. 1864, filed with M-1932 1864, Letters Received, ser. 12, RG 94 [K-4]. Graham, whose term of service in an eastern shore Maryland regiment had just expired, had reported to the commander of the Middle Department at the request of General Henry H. Lockwood, commander of the 3rd Separate Brigade, who wished to keep the department commander fully informed of “the deplorable condition of affairs in the lower counties of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.” Lockwood proposed that Graham, who had earlier served as provost marshal in Accomac County, Virginia, be retained in the military service and appointed assistant provost marshal in the southern counties of Maryland's eastern shore, supported by "a dozen mounted men." (Official Records, ser. 1, vol. 43, pt. 2, p. 632.) 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 White Unionist testifies on the abuses of the apprenticeship system to bind large numbers of Black children Description An account of the resource John Graham to Majr Genl Lew Wallace on the scale of the apprenticeship crisis: Black children in Worchester County are "carried from different portions of the County in ox Carts, waggons, and carriages to the County town (Cambridge) to be carried before the Court to be bound out as apprentices." File includes a massive number of enclosures, mostly dealing with apprenticeship and illegal enslavement after Maryland passed an emancipation measure in its Constitution of 1864. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/15/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Worchester County, MD 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/1324b7c20b274953cdf012ba6d3f1088.pdf b5d459d7383028fa70c5cc704614616a https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/2f792ff7d6266784789aefc29919592b.pdf 835bcbd4165453bb2c32bae5484956fe 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 Maryland Soldier to the Headquarters of the Third Separate Brigade; Headquarters of the Third Separate Brigade to the Soldier; Headquarters of the Middle Department and Eighth Army Corps to the Commander of the Third Separate Brigade; and Commander of the Third Separate Brigade to the Headquarters of the Middle Department and Eighth Army Corps Salisbury Md Dec 2nd 1864 General, I have the honor to report the investigation of the burning of the Colored people's Church in Quantico district Somerset Co. Md by disloyal persons, The case is a follows: A few months since the Church was burned, the colored people, however, went to work & by means of contributions from loyal whites & themselves succeeded in raising a sufficient amount to erect a plank tent, and in a few days that too was fired & burned down. Finding this to be the case & being unable to detect the guilty parties, I ascertained the probable value (about one thousand dollars) of the two buildings, for the purpose of taxing a sufficient amount of rebel property to repair the damage. The accompanying list shows the names, probable value of property, & proportionate tax, required of each influential disloyal citizen of the district. Stringent action in this & similar cases would most likely secure the co-operation of the disloyal with the loyal citizens in opposing rather than encouraging like outrages. The civil authorities being (like the perpetrators) disloyal[l] would were the case referred to them, in all probability ignore it, in view of which, I would most respectfully recommend that Levin D. Collier Deputy Provost Marshal of Somerset County be authorized to enforce collection & repair damages, This (in my judgment) being the most feasible course I most respectfully refer it to your consideration and have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant J Emory Mobray Lieut, 1st E.S. Md. Vol, Brig, Gen, Lockwood Comdg 3rd Sept, Brig, 8, A,C, Baltimore Md, Head Quarters 3rd Sep. Brig 8th A.C. Baltimore Dec 2nd 1864 Lieut. J. E. Mobray Salisbury M[d], You will remain at Salisbury until further orders. Suspend action in the church burning cases until Genl. Lockwoods arrival. James C. Mullikin Lt. & AAA,G, Head Quarters, Middle Department, 8th Army Corps, Baltimore, December 2nd 1864. Brig. Genl. Lockwood is hereby directed to proceed to the Eastern Shore, Md and take measures to ascertain the value of the churches burnt at Newtown, Worcester Co, and Quantico Somerset Co, and assess the same upon the disaffected and disloyal citizens in the vicinity of said churches: the money when collected to be handed over to the Trustees or other authorized persons of the respective churches— The method of the assessment will be the same as in the case of Ishmael Day– General Lockwood is hereby directed to make such details from the regular Troops as he may require to execute this order— By command of Major General Wallace Saml B Lawrence A.A.G. To Brig. Gen. Lockwood Com'dg 3rd Separate Brigade Head Quarters 3rd Sep. Brig. 8th A.C. Baltimore, Dec. 15th 1864 Lt. Col Lawrence A. A. G. 8th A.C. In compliance of orders from Depmt. Hd. Qrs. dated Dec. 2nd 1864 I forthwith sent Co. "C" 11th U.S. Infty. Lt. Smith Comdg. & Co. "C" 8th U.S. Infty. Lt. Aiken Comdg. to Salisbury Md, by rail, and, on the following Monday, joined them in person. I immediately took counsel with the leading union citizens of Somerset Co., as to the proper persons to assess for the church at Quantico and the amount of damages. A list of some thirty-five (35) persons was made out from whom a collection of $1000 should be made. I dispatched Lt. Aiken with Co. "C" 8th Infty. to Quantico, to execute the order of the Maj. Genl. Comdg. with instructions a copy of which is herewith enclosed. Lt. Aiken reported in person to me at Salisbury, & informed me that he had executed the order and had arrested and sent to Baltimore one J. Radish against whom suspicions rested of having received hire for burning said church. [I] directed Lt. A. to forward his Company by steamer "Star" to Cambridge and proceed in person to the same place after winding up his business at Quantico, and to make me a final and complete report in writing accompanied with a receipt from the Rev. A. Wallace, for the money. At the same time I ordered Lt. Smith with his company ("C" 11th Infty.) to Newtown, and went there in person. After due consideration and evidence, both as to the value of the burnt church and the rebels upon whom the tax should fall, I furnished Lt. Smith with a full list with the amounts affixed to each name and left him engaged in collecting, with orders to pay the same over to Rev. A. Wallace, Presiding Elder, and to forward his receipts to me with a full report. He is now engaged on that duty. I directed Lt. Smith after executing his orders at Newtown to proceed to "Liberia Church" in Annamessex Dist. and levy a tax on the disloyalists in that vicinity, for the church there burnt, to collect the same and dispose of the money as in the other cases, & to report to me with receipts enclosed. I remain Very Respectfully Your Obd't. Servt, Henry H. Lockwood Brig. Genl. Lieut J Emory Mobray to Brig, Gen, Lockwood, 2 Dec. 1864, Letters Received, ser. 4921, 3rd Sep. Brigade, 8th AC, RG 393 Pt. 2 No. 319 [C-8877]; Lt. James C. Mullikin to Lieut. J. E. Mobray, 2 Dec. 1864, vol 69 8AC, p. 76, Press Copies of Telegrams Sent, ser. 2334, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-8877]; Saml B Lawrence to Brig. Gen. Lockwood, 2 Dec. 1864, Letters Received, ser. 4921, 3rd Sep. Brigade, 8th AC, RG 393 Pt. 2 No. 319 [C-8877]; Brig. Genl. Henry H. Lockwood to Lt. Col Lawrence, 15 Dec. 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4199]. 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/. Description An account of the resource Lt. J.E. Mobray to Brig. Gen. Lockwood recommending taxation of rebel property in order to raise money to rebuild Black churches that were burned in Somerset County. Subsequent order implements recommendation, taxing disloyal and "disaffected" citizens to rebuild burned Black churches. 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 Worcester & Somerset Counties, MD Title A name given to the resource Army officials levy a tax on rebel sympathizers to raise money to rebuild Black churches burned down by arsonists Black church church property white opposition to Black churches 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/bcaa7ad91c897c567b596631e12821dc.jpg 22c71972fe7327f336d10e9b2ef05b7d https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/ab3ac7a7954b4776f1f1b5cfdd6d0dd6.pdf 700b939758aa1246b983280380b74e43 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 Third Separate Brigade to the Headquarters of the Eighth Army Corps Head Quarters 3d Sep. Brig. 8th A.C. Baltimore Dec. 21st 1864 Lt. Col. L. B. Lawrence A.A.G. 8th A.C. Col. In reply to inquiries made to me by the Maj. Genl. Comdg. concerning a Mr. Stevens I have the honor to state, that while stationed at Havre-de-Grace in the summer of 1861, I obtained information from a negro, that there was a quantity of arms concealed in the barn of a Mr. Stevenson. I sent Capt. Watson (who was afterwards killed at the battle of Antietam) of my regiment to search and he succeeded in finding about thirty stand of arms concealed under the floor of the barn. These arms, I seized, but being unable to obtain any evidence of Mr. Stevenson’s complicity, and he disclaiming all connection with, or knowledge of, the matter, I took no further action in the case. This Mr. Stevenson, I learn is now senator elect from Harford Co. Very Respectfully Your Obedt. Servt. Henry H. Lockwood Brig. General Brig. General Henry H. Lockwood to Lt. Col. L. B. Lawrence, 21 Dec. 1864, Vol. 85/161, p. 131, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4222]. 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 Marylander reveals the location of hidden rebel arms on the property of a future Maryland state senator Description An account of the resource Brig. Gen. H.H. Lockwood to Lt. Col. Lawrence (AAG) reporting that in the summer of 1861 he obtained information from a Black Marylander that Mr. [William B.] Stevenson had a quantity of guns stored in his barn. Mr. Stevenson is now the senator-elect from Harford Co, MD. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/21/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Havre de Grace, Harford County, MD Black spies Confederate sympathizers https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/39bf4e4bf42525c14d2e7392bdf8fdcb.pdf ed5f8a3bd970ff8b802dd4cf841cae12 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/5b1df0a674845e35e970e4a334f9792f.pdf 0cb55d7b077f987fc085eb9cace5a499 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 Maryland Nuns to the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau Superintendent of Schools [Baltimore, Md., October 1867] William Howard Day, Esqr, Superintendent of Freedman's schools, Dr. Sir, The very flattering notice in the Zion's Standard and Weekly Review of Sept. 4th/ 67. of our Academy, and the zeal you have shown in the moral and intellectual education of the children of our race, lead us to hope, that the reports herein enclosed — will be favorably received by you, and that you will, by your influence endeavor to obtain from the Freedman's Bureau some pecuniary aid to enable us to continue the good work, in which you yourself are so deeply interested, We respectfully submit to your consideration the history in brief of our Establishment. In the year 1829, a few Ladies of Color, formed themselves into an association for the Education of Children of our race, It was the first effort of the kind made in the United States, Our support was derived from the tuition charges of the Boarders in the Academy, who received a good English Education, consisting of the branches usually taught, such as, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Sewing. Besides these it was optional for the Boarders or day scholars, to learn, French, Music, Tapestry, Waswork &c, at an extra charge, Among the Boarders and day scholars some have always been received free, By great economy we have struggled to maintain ourselves, and to continue to impart to those entrusted to us, a good Education Free School, To further the advancement of our race, and to rescue many children from ignorance, the Sisters in March 1865, opened a free school for young girls. The attendance has ranged from 50. to 70. Yearly, The buildings necessary for this school cost $1500, dollars, The hours of class are daily from 9.A.M, to 2.P.M, and the children are taught, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Sewing. Children of all Denominations are received and nothing is done to interfere with the religious views of any, Orphan Asylum, To rescue from want and misery, many young children left helpless by the ravages of war or poverty, we in the year 1866. opened an Orphan Asylum, in this home children are received from infancy to the age of 16, They are taught daily the usual branches of an English Education as Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Sewing, The number at present in the Aylum is 25, The building and furnishing of the house cost $3300, dollars, We have depended upon the charitable collections of the Colored people for the maintenance and clothing of these orphans, (Orphans of all denominations are received). General Items, The Oblate Sisters of Providence receive and education children of all denominations; but for the Promotion of order, they require a respectful attendance at Divine service, morning and evening prayer from all, In doing so they carefully and religiously abstain from interfering with the religious convictions of Parents or children. During the war they clothed, fed and furnished with books 8 children from Southern States, whose Parents were unable to transmit funds, and since the close of the War they have been unsuccessful in receiving pay. The first and longest established Institution in the Country the Sisters have never received one dollar of assistance from the State or General Government. They respectfully submit to your impartial consideration, that the Free school and Orphan Asylum seem to fall under the class of schools, which since the war the General Government has so nobly maintained in this and other States, The teachers in the Free school and Orphan Asylum receive no pay for their services, being supported by the labor of their hands, by sewing &c, and by the revenue from the Academy or Boarding school. This truthful statement would be incomplete if we did not mention, that the debts of the various schools amount to $8000 dollars, and the income from the Academy is only about $4000 dollars, leaving us struggling for the maintenance of the Free school and Orphan Asylum. The continuance of the Free school and Orphan Asylum must depend, upon the very precarious collections from our poor race, unless your influence and charity shall come to our assistance by obtaining for us some substantial recognition from the General Government. During the 38 years of the existence of our schools, the number of Pupils was at least 1500 hundred scholars, of whom 800. hundred at least were of a different denomination from that of the Sisters, Thanking you sincerely for your attention and the interest you have been so kind to take in our schools, we remain Your's very gratefully Oblate Sis of Providence, Oblate Sis of Providence to William Howard Day, 22 Oct. 1867, Letters Received, ser. 1962, MD & DE Asst. Comr., RG 105 [A-9634]. Appearing under the title “The St. Frances’ Academy,” the article in question offers a review of the school, its pupils, costs, and the service it provided to the community. “Only those who have lived in Maryland, during the dark days of Bondage,” the author asserts, “can fully realize how much service this School has been.” The article explained that “The Sisters of Providence a colored religious organization have renounced the world to consecrate themselves to God and the Christian education of young ladies of color.” The school was organized, readers learned, under “the Mother Superior, or Directress of all, is Sister Mary Louisa Noel, assisted by Sister Theresa C. Willingmann, Sister Mary Virginia Royal, and others; among these, a bevy of amiable Monitors who are preparing, to succeed when called, to the Sisters’ places.” While the author noted religious differences between the African Methodist Episcopal paper and the Catholic school, they noted “our Catholic friends are too liberal-minded to ask” strict conformity to Catholicism, and were motivated by the desire to educate the Black children of Baltimore. (“The St. Francis’ Academy,” New York Zion's Standard and Weekly Review, 4 Sept. 1867, enclosed in J. M. Langston to Gen O. O. Howard, 13 Sept. 1867, L-225 1867, Letters Received, ser. 15, Washington Hdqrs., RG 105 [A-9634].) 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 nuns in Baltimore petition Black Superintendent of Schools William Howard Day for support for their school and orphanage Description An account of the resource Oblate Sisters of Providence to William H. Day (supt of F Schools) gives a history of the school, which the Black sisters established for the education of Black children. Opened a free school and orphan asylum since the war. Petition for financial assistance. Claim that they don't show any preference to religious denomination of students. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/22/1867 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 association Black church Black orphanage Black school https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/29198d9fc251cdba607dbfd9b6040988.pdf dd46464b733c76e3c7fe78db1a49cb88 https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/5a23185ef623ac86b81416b596c70e1a.pdf 116c381ce28e3da2c3c1cfa76f002e45 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 Clergymen to the Secretary of War [Baltimore, Md., June 1, 1864] To the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Dear Sir: Sometime since an order was issued by your Department, authorizing the Methodist Episcopal Church, North, to take possession of all Methodist Churches, South, formerly under the jurisdiction of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, over which no loyal minister, of said denomination, is presiding. The noble and Christian spirit which prompted such an order, encourages your petitioners to ask your consideration of a fact which is thought not to have been brought to your notice: to wit:— There exists in this Country a religious organization, known as the African M. E. Church, embracing a majority of all the Colored Methodists of the loyal States, having a membership of forty thousand, and five hundred itinerant ministers, also four Bishops, and a College near Xenia, Ohio. The aforementioned order virtually excludes us from a vast field of Christian labor among our brethren, whom we have long prayed to meet, and organize. It is conceded by all denominations that we are peculiarly adapted to their spiritual wants. Indeed under circumstances not the most favorable have we planted Churches in South Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana — Mississippi and Tennessee. Our devotion to the government as a denomination — the devotion of the Colored people to whom we represent, to the government we believe is appreciated by you, while it is equaled only by our desire to build Moral and Religious bulwarks around the millions of our people just now emerging into the sunlight of American freedom. We would now most respectfully ask that you will so modify the order granted to the Methodist Episcopal Church, North, as to authorize the African Methodist Episcopal Church to take possession of all Churches formerly belonging to the Methodist Church, South which were used by Colored Congregations before the commencement of the present rebellion, and such Churches as are now used mainly by Colored Methodists. We beg leave to state that we make this appeal in pursuance of a resolution passed by our last General Conference which was convened in the city of Philadelphia, May 1864. Hoping that this matter may commend itself to your favorable notice we are with highest regard and esteem, Your most obedient servants, A. W. Wayman D. A. Payne John M Brown M. F. Sluby James Lynch In behalf of General Conference of the A. M. E Church Baltimore Md June 1 1864 A. W. Wayman et al. to Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, 1 June 1864, W-1941 1864, Letters Received, RG 107 [L-53]. 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 pastors petition the Secretary of War to partner with the A.M.E. Church Description An account of the resource A.W. Wayman, D.A. Payne, John M. Brown, M.F. Stuby, & James Lynch to Edwin Stanton responding to Stanton's order authorizing the Methodist Episcopal Church to oversee all Southern Methodist Churches. Wayman et al. inform Stanton of the existence of AME church, the strength of its membership and ministers, and the readiness of the AME to assume control of the spiritual direction of Black Southerners. "The aforementioned order virtually excludes us from a vast field of Christian labor among our brethren, whom we have long payed to meet, and organize." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/1/1864 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 church Black ministers Black politics https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/3377056fa16a7755e2868fcb84680229.pdf d8dbefb69506c69de01f1ac8fefd877e https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/018cdb1d19d0ba02d7117940cd53fdb2.pdf f46343930fb1dea160d8c66839b2751d 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. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Black residents of Baltimore to the Secretary of War Baltimore [Md.] May 31st 1865 Honibl Edwin M, Stanton War departement Washington, D,C, Sir I have the Honor to reporte that in obedience to the general requeste of the Colord Peple of this City for the Maryland Institute or the temples temple for a lecture by Fredrick Dougles of the State of New York, for the purpos of procuring money to convey the body of a lady to Culpeper Count House Va. We have Maid an aplication the boards of manigars for Eaither of the Halls but thay have denied us, & refuse to let the Halls to Colord ordniance. the objection is this Simpley say the Colord [ordneise?] will geather on the Street in front of the Halls & Stop the way of the Street is all the Excuse thay make or give. sir The Colord Class have had the Hall before the war was Ended & why can they not have the use of them Now as well as before. sir I aske you to Assiste us in the matter if I am not interferring with rival wrights & if I am you will Please Excuse me for so doing, sir I thik it is predickss against the Colord men. or other Words a gainst the Colord nattion, the bord of manigers have at this time is the only reasion I can assine for the present. sir the Colord men of this city have Assiste[d] in all the war and they ought to Have the wright of the Hall for sutch a case. the bord may have a wright of refusing the Colord Class from you as secatary of war. if so you will plese in form me of the facts, & the groun[d] to Which they have a wright to object to the Col[ord] people — Having a lecture in said Halls in Baltimor City, I will give a garientee of good order. you will state why the can not get the Hall. the Colord people are willing to Pay the price the manigers may want, and I can not see why they object in giving the Hall, I think the Colord Have a wright to the Hall as long as thay can pay for it. at time it may be vacated and for rent sir you will plese Decide this grate question. of disputee to which a letter from you can decide it at once, you will parden me if I am not wright in making apeal, to you as it is a question hear between us, the bord of manigars, respect[fu]lly yours obedient servent B. R. Hawley No 43, St, Paul, St Balto, Md; B. R. Hawley to Honible Edwin M, Stanton, 31 May 1865, H-775 1865, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4148]. 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 residents of Baltimore petition for redress after they are prevented from renting a concert hall to host a lecture by Frederick Douglass Description An account of the resource B.R. Hawley to Edwin M. Stanton (sec of war) writing that Black residents of Baltimore have been unable to rent either the Maryland Institute Hall or the Templers Hall for a lecture meeting at which the announced speaker was Frederick Douglass. The reason given for the refusal was that Black resdients would ather in the street in front of the hall. Hawley claims discrimination against Black residents of Baltimore and "against the colored nattion." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/31/1865 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Baltimore, MD Black leader Black politics discrimination segregation