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Wanted (April 15th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Advertisement: Seeking a slave child, male or female, between the ages of 9 (?) and 13 for a term of years. Apply to: H. Winchester, Frederick Female Seminary
Full DetailsUproarious (April 22nd, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: 3 African American women, Eliza Porter, Lavinia Hall and Catharine Hammond, were arrested by soldiers of Purnell's Legion after destroying the property of an African American family living on the farm of R. T. Holllins on the railroad. They were under the influence of liquor and were taken to the Guard House.
Full DetailsSix Cents Reward (April 22nd, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice: A six-cent reward is offered for the return of James Augustus Owings, an African American apprentice to the farming business, who ran away from the advertiser, Nathan Nelson, on April 5, 1863. His age is either 10 or 16.
Full DetailsThos Davis, for slave… [Office of County Commissioners - Miscellaneous Accounts] (April 29th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: In the statement of expenses for Frederick County for 1862, a payment was given to Thos. Davis for $198.88 (?) "for Slave sold out of County"
Full DetailsSlavery in MD (May 6th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: An argument is made for the abolition of slavery in the state of Maryland
Full DetailsRanaway (May 13th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice: Reward (unspecified amount) offered for the apprehension and return of a runaway African American man named John Dorsey from New Market. No description available. He ran away Oct. 5, 1862. Notice posted by Milton Meally.
Full DetailsBroke Jail (May 20th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Thirteen enslaved African Americans have escaped from a Frederick City jail
Full DetailsA Negro Woman (May 20th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: An African American woman for sale
Full DetailsA Nuisance (May 20th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial calling for local police to attend to “the bold effrontery and indecent utterances of the negro wenches, who infest our streets after dusk.” With the approach of nice weather, respectable females like to walk alone, unattended. The mayor is urged to make "an example of the first of these prowling offenders against ears-polite" and this will help eliminate a public nuisance.
Full DetailsBrutal Outrage (May 20th, 1863)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Four African American men were arrested for beating a wounded soldier from the General Hospital without provocation. The attacked occurred near the Eagle Iron Works in Frederick and the soldier's life "is despaired of." The men were: Lewis Potts, Charles Potts, Jacob Gross and Adam Law. Lewis Potts thought the soldier was a member of Purnell's Legion who had assaulted him earlier. The hospital inmates were "justly indignant." The attackers were brought before Maj. Greenburg, the Frederick Provost Marshal and turned over to civil authorities where they were put in jail by J. M. Harding, Esq., a justice of the peace.
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