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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Black Marylander reveals the location of hidden rebel arms on the property of a future Maryland state senator]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Brig. Gen. H.H. Lockwood to Lt. Col. Lawrence (AAG) reporting that in the summer of 1861 he obtained information from a Black Marylander that Mr. [William B.] Stevenson had a quantity of guns stored in his barn. Mr. Stevenson is now the senator-elect from Harford Co, MD.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1/21/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Havre de Grace, Harford County, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/46">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta passes the Army medical exam against the wishes of white board members]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Series of letters regarding Alexander Augusta&#039;s desire to serve as a Surgeon in what would become the 7th USCI. Augusta initially writes Lincoln and Stanton requesting an appointment from Toronto and eventually travels to D.C. to sit for the officer&#039;s exam over the objections of white officers and physicians. Contains letters from Augusta, Surg. W. Moss, and M. Clymer as well as relevant endorsements.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1/7/1863]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Washington, D.C.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/19">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta writes to Senator Henry Wilson regarding his low pay as a Black soldier despite holding the rank of major]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:alternative><![CDATA[B-47]]></dcterms:alternative>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Dr. Alexander T. Augusta to Sec. of War--Surgeon Alexander T. Augusta was in the army nearly one year until he was transferred to Baltimore, MD. At his new post the paymaster insisted that he was to get $7 month, just as all Black troops do. He wrote to Sen Wilson for assistance and soon received directions for the paymaster to pay him according to his rank as a surgeon. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[9/28/1863]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/35">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Case of white women hissing at Black troops in Baltimore]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[&quot;Lt. Col. John Woolley (prov. Mar.) to Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace (com. Middle dept) reporting that some ladies were hissing at the passing of colored troops on Exeter Street. They endeavored to make a dog bark at the troops to &quot;show further their sentiments.&quot; Woolley would like to take some action (a fine) so that &quot;such people feel that they cannot sneer and hiss at their government or its troops without being brought to account for it.&quot; Includes statements of witnesses to the incident.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[4/17/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/49">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Commander of a Black refugee camp in Washington, D.C., refuses to assign Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta to duty]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[James J. Ferree refuses to assign Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta to duty at camp in Washington D.C. as required in Special Order 109.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[5/16/1863]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Washington, D.C.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/55">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Free Black Baltimore resident Anthony Armstrong applies to raise a Black militia to defend the city]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[7/10/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/44">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Free person of color Thomas Brown, apprenticed to a secessoinist, takes refuge in Annapolis]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Thomas Brown, a free person of color apprenticed to Grafton Hall, a secessionist, seeks protection in Annapolis because he is afraid that Hall will punish him for giving information to Union troops &quot;that had led to the capture of revel arms.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2/15/1862]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Anne Arundel County, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/56">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[General William W Morris acknowledges orders to fire a salute in Baltimore celebrating the end of slavery in Maryland]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Bt Brig Genl W W Morris to Major James R Ross (AAAG) acknowledging receipt of orders to fire a salute from Federal Hill in celebration of the free state of Maryland following the passage of the new state constitution abolishing slavery.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[10/31/1864]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/53">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Governor Bradford complains to Lincoln that Black Marylanders have been unjustly freed from jail by Black soldiers]]></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 (published) 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>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/38">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Kent County officials arrest army recruiting officers for enlisting enslaved men against the wishes of their enslavers]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[John Frazier (pro mar) to H.W. Hoffman reporting that judges in Kent have ordered the arrest of several citizens, including the Deputy Pro. Mars. for alleged interference with the enlistment of Black soldiers. Frazier states that “This is done to effect the election and secure, if possible, the election of the Copper Head Ticket. Frazier thinks that the judges should be arrested and held until after the election. According to Frazier, the judges are “trying to make the impression that the enlistment of slaves was against the law and without authority thereby securing for the Maffit ticket the votes of all who have lost Negroes...If the arrest are made we can carry the county for the ’Straight-on-Ticket.&#039;&quot;<br />
Included with this letter are four Transcripts of Record involving those citizens arrested. The defendents were accused of enticing slaves away from their lawful owners.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[10/23/1863]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Kent County, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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