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Public Sale of Valuable Real & Personal Property

Summary

Sale of property from the estate of Jacob Maus (5 miles northeast of Taneytown) includes "one negro man, 21 years of age, a good farm hand to be sold out of the state and to serve until 1874. One negro woman, 19 years old, good house servant, not to be sold out of state and to serve until 1874"


Article Source

Newspaper: The Carroll County Democrat

Publication Date: September 13th, 1860

Page/Column: 2F

Town: Westminster, MD

County: Carroll

Subjects

  • Slavery / Emancipation
  • African Americans
  • Women and Children
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