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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Maryland Governor Augustus Bradford complains to Lincoln about the liberation of enslaved prisoners from jail in Prince George&#039;s County]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A.W. Bradford to Lincoln complains that a troop of colored soldiers committed an outrage in Prince Georges County by freeing prisoners from the county jail. Bradford asks Lincoln to have those guilty of this outraged punished and orders issued to prevent a recurrence. Ensclosed letter relates that Black troops under the command of Lt. Perkins released the prisoners from the county jail. BiIt concludes his letter by stating: ’’Your excellency will not fail to observe that the practical working of this affair is to invite the Negroes to the perpetration of any crime and to offer practical protection and indemnity to them.”]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[3/16/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Prince George&#039;s County, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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