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A H Hager, Esq. of Hagerstown… (June 21st, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A. H. Hager, Esq., of Hagerstown, equipped his 18 year-old slave and made a present of his services to Col. W. H. Irwin of the 7th PA Regiment for the length of the war.
Full DetailsCommendable (June 28th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: 2 free African Americans from Frederick concealed themselves in the cars of the 1st Regt. RI Vols. when they passed through en route to Washington, D.C.; Col. Burnside discovered them and, supposing them to be slaves, sent them back.
Full DetailsA Slave Returned (June 28th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A runaway slave belonging to Mr. Jacob Stite of Clear Spring District was arrested at one of the camps below town and returned to his owner [Article taken from the Hagerstown Herald and reprinted in the Valley Register]
Full DetailsReturning a Fugitive (July 5th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A slave belonging to Mrs. Philip Schindel of Washington Co. hired himself as a freeman to an officer in one of the PA Regiments., but when it was learned that he was a slave he was returned to his mistress.
Full DetailsSheriff's Sale (July 10th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Notice: As per an order from the Orphans Court of Washington County, Sheriff Ed. M. Mobley gives notice that he will sell a female free negro, Francis Baker, for coming into Maryland in violation of an act of the General Assembly.
Full DetailsRunaways (July 24th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Notice: Sheriff Ed. M. Mobley gives notice that three runaway slaves have been committed to jail in Washington County and will be discharged if their owners do not claim them. Two “mulatto” males from Berkeley County, VA, are William L. Thompson and James Jackson. The third is a “mulatto” female named Lizzie Gibson who says she is owned by Oliver Gephart of Cumberland, MD.
Full DetailsCensus Statistics of Maryland (July 26th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A listing of 1860 census results for each MD county, free and slave; also includes the total number of slaves in 1850 and 1860 within MD.
Full DetailsLet Us Have Peace (August 8th, 1861)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: The author desires there to be a combined effort against the “worshippers of abolitionism”
Full DetailsSheriff's Sale (August 14th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Notice: Sheriff Ed. M. Mobley gives notice that per an order of the Washington County Orphan’s Court, he will sell a free black woman, Margaret Ann Burrell, for coming into the state in violation of an act of the General Assembly.
Full DetailsBrought Back (August 21st, 1861)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The 4th Connecticut Regt. passed through Frederick and returned a runaway slave belonging to Samuel Horine that was recognized by a local.
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