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Under the caption… (April 25th, 1862)
>From The Hagerstown Mail; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The Frederick Union, under the caption "Nigger, Nigger--Nothing but Nigger," reports that the bill to abolish slavery in DC and to admit Negro testimony in court, is now before the President who will say "whether this outrage shall be perpetuated."
Full DetailsSheriff's Sale (April 25th, 1862)
>From The Hagerstown Mail; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Notice. Sheriff Henry Gantz will offer at public sale 3 convicted Negroes: David Thompson (larceny), Mary Adley (larceny), Robert Myers (rape).
Full DetailsSale of Colored Convicts (April 30th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Convicts Mary Adley and Robert, free Negroes, and David Thomas, a slave, were sold as slaves at auction in Hagerstown
Full Details3 Cents Reward! (April 30th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Notice. Benjamin F. Shafer offers 3 cents reward, but no thanks, for return of his indentured apprentice John Jones, "a colored boy."
Full DetailsNegro Testimony (May 2nd, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Negro testimony in DC limited to cases before Commissioners of Emancipation. In 19 states Negroes can testify in all court cases; in slave states no such right exists.
Full DetailsSheriff's Sale of a Negro Man (May 2nd, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Negro Matthew Ward, convicted of fornication, to be sold by order of Judge Nelson in Westminster, May 17
Full DetailsMore Runaways (May 2nd, 1862)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Two slaves run away from local masters, John Culler and Peter Culler, near Jefferson
Full DetailsNegro Girl for Sale (May 7th, 1862)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Advertisement: For sale, a mulatto girl about 20 years of age, slave for life and a first-rate House Servant.
Full DetailsNumber of Slaves in this County (May 7th, 1862)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Lists the number of slaves that the 1860 census counted in Washington County as 1,443. If they were to be emancipated at $300 per slave, the amount owed would be $432,900. If they were to be "colonized," the expense would be another $100,000. The free black population was 1,671.
Full DetailsAbolishment of Slavery in the District (May 9th, 1862)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: The paper reprints an article from the Frederick Examiner discussing the recent abolishment of slavery in the District of Columbia and how it may affect slavery in Maryland. While Congress has the ability to free slaves in the District, it does not have that right in the states. Currently in Frederick County, there are two free Negroes to every one in slavery. The paper compares the value of land in Frederick County to that in Adams Co., PA. It is approximately $23 lower per acre in Frederick Co. and this may be attributed to Frederick being in a slave-holding state. If slavery is abolished, the value of the land is likely to increase. "We are also told, that it is evident the Republicans in Congress mean to do all they lawfully can to destroy slavery...They only profess to respect its rights, not to foster its perpetuity or become its propagandists; and it is highly honorable in them, that they have respected its rights within the provisions of the law. Let us emulate their justice in spite of our prejudices..."
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