4 10 44 https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/34a7a78f7d5617ab0bee6a82aa2abc0b.pdf e12d04d8d5d8d754f0fa0f6d0733a8b7 https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/ae14faf88044e9fd32ef514d481dfe6c.pdf 580aab4b3c6df1de686dc02922eae23d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Parallel Politics Description An account of the resource This collection highlights Black political activity and organizing from outside formal institutional politics. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Commander of the Third Separate Brigade to the Headquarters of the Eighth Army Corps Head Q’rs 3d Sep Brig 8th A.C. Baltimore Md Nov 28th/64 Col:— I have just been waited on by the Lieut. Comd'g detachment at Havre-de-Grace who reports that the town authorities of that place are disposed to oppose the purpose of Fred. Douglas to deliver a lecture there some day this week, and asking for orders as a riot may ensue. Having myself heard this orator in this city, & believing his remarks eminently sensible & practical & calculated to do much good at this time, I have directed the Lieut. to oppose the intention of the town authorities, to support the lecturer in his purpose, and at all hazards to preserve the peace. Respectfully Yours Henry H Lockwood Brig General To Lieut. Col. Lawrence A A G 8th AC Brig General Henry H Lockwood to Lieut. Col. Lawrence, 28 Nov. 1864, Vol. 85/161, p. 100, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4147]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union officer orders local officials in Havre de Grace to permit Frederick Douglass to give a lecture there Description An account of the resource Brig. Gen. H.H. Lockwood to Lt. Col. Lawrence (AAAG) opposing intention of town authorities of Havre de Grace to prevent Frederick Douglass from speaking there. Says Douglass's speeches are sensible and would do much good. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/28/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Havre de Grace, Harford Co, MD Black leader Black politics local officials https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/3377056fa16a7755e2868fcb84680229.pdf d8dbefb69506c69de01f1ac8fefd877e https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/018cdb1d19d0ba02d7117940cd53fdb2.pdf f46343930fb1dea160d8c66839b2751d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Parallel Politics Description An account of the resource This collection highlights Black political activity and organizing from outside formal institutional politics. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Black residents of Baltimore to the Secretary of War Baltimore [Md.] May 31st 1865 Honibl Edwin M, Stanton War departement Washington, D,C, Sir I have the Honor to reporte that in obedience to the general requeste of the Colord Peple of this City for the Maryland Institute or the temples temple for a lecture by Fredrick Dougles of the State of New York, for the purpos of procuring money to convey the body of a lady to Culpeper Count House Va. We have Maid an aplication the boards of manigars for Eaither of the Halls but thay have denied us, & refuse to let the Halls to Colord ordniance. the objection is this Simpley say the Colord [ordneise?] will geather on the Street in front of the Halls & Stop the way of the Street is all the Excuse thay make or give. sir The Colord Class have had the Hall before the war was Ended & why can they not have the use of them Now as well as before. sir I aske you to Assiste us in the matter if I am not interferring with rival wrights & if I am you will Please Excuse me for so doing, sir I thik it is predickss against the Colord men. or other Words a gainst the Colord nattion, the bord of manigers have at this time is the only reasion I can assine for the present. sir the Colord men of this city have Assiste[d] in all the war and they ought to Have the wright of the Hall for sutch a case. the bord may have a wright of refusing the Colord Class from you as secatary of war. if so you will plese in form me of the facts, & the groun[d] to Which they have a wright to object to the Col[ord] people — Having a lecture in said Halls in Baltimor City, I will give a garientee of good order. you will state why the can not get the Hall. the Colord people are willing to Pay the price the manigers may want, and I can not see why they object in giving the Hall, I think the Colord Have a wright to the Hall as long as thay can pay for it. at time it may be vacated and for rent sir you will plese Decide this grate question. of disputee to which a letter from you can decide it at once, you will parden me if I am not wright in making apeal, to you as it is a question hear between us, the bord of manigars, respect[fu]lly yours obedient servent B. R. Hawley No 43, St, Paul, St Balto, Md; B. R. Hawley to Honible Edwin M, Stanton, 31 May 1865, H-775 1865, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4148]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black residents of Baltimore petition for redress after they are prevented from renting a concert hall to host a lecture by Frederick Douglass Description An account of the resource B.R. Hawley to Edwin M. Stanton (sec of war) writing that Black residents of Baltimore have been unable to rent either the Maryland Institute Hall or the Templers Hall for a lecture meeting at which the announced speaker was Frederick Douglass. The reason given for the refusal was that Black resdients would ather in the street in front of the hall. Hawley claims discrimination against Black residents of Baltimore and "against the colored nattion." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/31/1865 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Baltimore, MD Black leader Black politics discrimination segregation https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/4b41bb3bce24d1a57bd293287112a45f.pdf 52373951fb6ffedeb44c73a2107ef06f https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/6b12ccfa9de5e04109b210b31d81597d.pdf 1db48ed80ad222027220d61f5ace3ec1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Families in Civil War Maryland Description An account of the resource This collection documents the experiences of Black Maryland families during the Civil War. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Order by the Provost Marshal at Annapolis, Maryland, and the Provost Marshal to Two White Marylanders Annapolis, Md. Dec. 29” 18[64] Sir A colored woman by the name of Matilda Johnson makes complaint that you have her household goods” in your possession and this is to notify you that you must deliver to her forthwith all goods chattels and household utensils of every description that rightfully belong to her or subject yourself to Military arrest for disobedience of Genl. Order 112 Hd. Qrs. Middle Dept. Genl. Wallace Comdg. Geo. W. Curry Capt. 4” Del. Vols. Provost Marshal Annapolis, Md. Jan. 30" 1865 To whom it may Concern Matilda Johnson colored having claimed Military protection for herself and child a boy named Henry W. Johnson formerly living with Mr James Boyle herself nor boy will not be molested by any one without a written order from this office Geo. W. Curry Capt. 4” Del. Vols. Provost Marshal Annapolis Md. Feb. 9" 1865 Gentlemen I am receipt of your Communications of the 5th Inst and after a careful perusal of their contents beg leave to say that I have given an order to Matilda Johnson the mother of the boy mentioned of which the following is a true copy And I would further state that in view of the representations made by you and others I have no objections to your again getting possesion of the boy You can see by the reading of the order that the case was left open for an appeal by you if you thought proper to do so but I have never been approached on the subject directly except day before yesterday by a colored girl who said that she lived with you and gave me a pretty clear understanding in the case and I told her that when I saw or received a proper communication from either of you I would attend to the matter as I did not deem her a proper channel of communication and I do think that in my official capacity as Provost Marshal that I have tried to act with courtesy and give proper attention to all be they in what circumstances of life they may and I do not think that my worst enemies can charge me with ignoring even the most common civilities in my official capacity In regard to the violation of an organic law of your State I have only to say that the law is well enough in its self but it has been shamefully abused my many citizens of this state who call themselves Gentlemen and they have taken advantage of the ignorance of the freedmen and women and indentured under the plea of their not being able to support them their children when in many cases the children were large and old enough to in a great measure support their parents and it was this state of things that caused the issue of Genl. order No. 112. by Genl. Lew Wallace comdg Middle Dept 4 You will find enclosed an order for Matilda Johnson to give the child into your charge which trusting will be satisfactory I. Remain Gentlemen Your. Obt Servant Geo. W. Curry. Provost Marshal Capt. Geo. W. Curry to James Boyle, 29 Dec. 1864, vol. 153/306 8AC, Letters Sent, ser. 1350, Annapolis MD, Provost Marshal Field Organizations, RG 313 Pt. 4 [C-8938]; Capt. Geo. W. Curry, 30 Jan. 1865, vol. 153/306 8AC, Letters Sent, ser. 1350, Annapolis MD, Provost Marshal Field Organizations, RG 313 Pt. 4 [C-8938]; Geo. W. Curry. to Mess. J. & L. Boyle, 9 Feb. 1866, vol. 153/306 8AC, Letters Sent, ser. 1350, Annapolis MD, Provost Marshal Field Organizations, RG 313 Pt. 4 [C-8938]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Formerly enslaved Matilda Johnson petitions the Freedmen's Bureau for the return of her children and household goods, after which the agency waived her right to her children Description An account of the resource Series of complaints around property rights and apprenticeship for Black residents of Anne Arundel County. Of special interest are the two complaints by Matilda Johnson relating to her children and household goods being held illegally by by James Boyle. Resolution of the case indicates that while the Freedmen's Bureau had intervened to have her children returned, Boyle was successful in getting permission to retrieve them under previous apprenticeship proceedings. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/29/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Anne Arundel Co, MD Apprentice bureaucracy children property ownership women https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/49129917dbfefb0ad162227b3915c61f.pdf 5e39ad9df096eca693d9c9bd2437cd0f https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/33cb1ecd77c93dc40510676d9bfc3e89.pdf 5b8372c4b23e5672cc05659bd8d418c3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Parallel Politics Description An account of the resource This collection highlights Black political activity and organizing from outside formal institutional politics. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Black Surgeon to the Middle Department Commander Balt [Md.] Jan 20/65 General, I have the honor to lay before you a disability that the colored people have to labor under, in travelling between this City and Washington Which I am of the opinion if you will be kind enough to call the attention of the President of the Balt and Ohio to, will be removed. The company exacts of colored passengers the same fare it does for White, and then huddles them together in the front car with all sorts of persons, where smoking of pipes and segars continue all the time, and where they are subject to insults. It makes no differece how respectable a colored lady may be; how disagreable smoking may be to her; or how ill she might be, the Employees about the depot will not permit her to enter any other car, and should she by chance get into another and is found there, she is rudely thrust out The following occurence took place with me to day. I accompanied my wife and another lady to the depot, that they might take the three thirty train for Washington and procured their tickets, after which they entered a car, when a man whom I learned to be one John Wright, followed them, and compelled them to leave that car under the penalty of being put off the train, and go into the front one, where they were nearly stiffled, by the fumes of tabacco. They were obliged at the risk of taking cold, to hoist the window in order to breathe. In fact they both felt quite sick. Just behind them sat two rough white men, who indulged in insulting langange. I appealed to the ticket agent and he said had nothing to do with the cars. I then spoke to a person by the name of Showacre whose duty it is to superintend the seating of passengers, and he stated that, that was the only car colored persons could ride in. Lastly, I appealed to the Conductor, and he said the President made the rules and they had to carry them out Now General, I submit that it is unfair for the company to practice such an outrage upon us, and I most respectfully claim your protection in the premises, as a United States Officer. Nor is that the only company that pactices these impositions upon us, for all others, whose trains leave the city, does the same. At the Baltimore and Philadelphia depot there are certain trains in which they will not allow colored persons go on at all. Notwithstanding, their business may be ever so urgent. Another great inconvenience is, they refuse to sell them through tickets to New York, thereby often times putting them to an extra expence, and detaining them in Philadelphia from ten to twelve hours. Should a strange colored person not acquainted with these regulations, come there at the hours, which they are not permitted to go on, a policeman is standing by backed up by the Provost guard to put him out Only a few weeks since an altercation took place at the Washington depot, and I apprehend that unless a stop is put to these outrages, a serious difficulty may occur. Hoping General, you will use your good offices to remove these unjust rules, I remain Your obedient Servant A. T. Augusta. Surgeon A. T. Augusta to Major General L. Wallace, 20 Jan. 1865, A-63 1865, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4147]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource A.T. Augusta (surgeon, 7th USCT) to Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace (cmdg Middle Department & 8th Army Corps) alleging that the Baltimore & Ohio R.R. charges Black passengers the same fare yet forces them into the front car of the train, which is filled with tobacco smoke and all sorts of people. "It makes no difference how respectable a colored lady may be; how disagreable smoking may be to her; or how ill she might be, the employees about the depot will not permit her to enter another car, and should she by chance get into another and is found there, she is rudely thrust out." Gives exmample of his wife and another Black woman expelled from their car and forced into the smoking car. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/20/1865 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Baltimore, MD Title A name given to the resource Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta writes about the discrimination his wife endured on the train from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. Black leaders (doctors) Black officer Black soldiers segregation women https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/e5ebe215310e1ab6f822bb78fc7c990c.pdf 6ec81d5e5d309273b3dda265ea01f778 https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/5001468daa531e4be76cf031c4ec4019.pdf 0ed504837117c4f7434c125a5d950a9b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Maryland and the Military Description An account of the resource This collection documents Black Marylanders' interactions with and contributions to the military during the Civil War. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The National Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-1865 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Open access Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Governor of Maryland to President Lincoln State of Maryland Executive Department Annapolis March 16, 1864 Dear Sir I feel it to be my duty to enclose to you a copy of a letter just received from the States Attorney of Prince Georges County in this state: and to invite your serious attention to its contents. It sets forth the particulars of an outrage committed by a detachment of Colored troops passing through that County, about a week ago, who forceably entered the County Jail, and set at liberty twenty one persons therein confined: the greater part of them on criminal charges, some already indicted and waiting trial, and one under conviction for a Capital crime and awaiting sentence. I am not disposed to trouble your Excellency with any comments upon such a proceeding, nor can I believe it to be necessary. I cannot for a moment suppose that such conduct will be tolerated by you, nor doubt that you will cause immediate inquiry to be made into the transaction and promptly punish those engaged in it. At a time like this, when the proximity of our armies brings into the State, large numbers of camp followers; and when many hundreds of our Slave population have left their homes, and are straggling through the State, dependant in a great degree for support upon what they can pilfer, our citizens are subject in more than an ordinary degree to depredations, and if a squad of Soldiers is permitted to pass through our County Towns, and forcibly deliver the Jails of their inmates, your Excellency can well imagine the result to be apprehended. I would therefore most respectfully suggest, that it is due to the safety of our citizens, as well as to the credit of the Government that such an outrage as is detailed in the enclosed letter should not only be promptly punished, but that some such order should be immediately passed as will prevent its recurrence, and hold the officers in command of such troops to a strict accountability. I submit the subject for your Excellencys consideration, in confidence that you will apply the proper remedy I have the honor to be with great respect Your Obdt Servant signed H. W. Bradford [Enclosure] Upper Marlboro' [Md.], 15" March 1864 Sir. My having been confined to a sick bed for the past week will be my apology for not having before called your attention, officially, to the following circumstance:-- On the afternoon of the 8th inst. a large number of negro troops, from Birney's Camp at Benedict, arrived at this place, under the command of one Lt. Col Perkins and other white officers and took possession of the Court House for quarters. The next morning a squad of the negroes was sent into the County Jail, of which they had previously demanded the keys, and set at liberty 21 of the prisoners--leaving only one person behind, a white man charged with Larceny-- of those released, one was a white man brought here recently from Washington under a Requisition from your Excellency. Eleven were confined on various criminal charges, some being already under indictment and awaiting trial. The charges varied from Arson to Larceny, abducting slaves &c. one of the negroes released was actually under conviction of Arson--his sentence having been respited by the Court until April Term As soon as our Sheriff reached the village, he hastened after the military who had started for Annapolis. The Lt. Col. had stated that his orders were only to take out the able bodied negroes &c. and that the Jailer was responsible for the escape of the others. yet all of them were released by a large armed squad, and at the very point of the bayonet. Still the sheriff followed on to Queene Anne, hoping to have restored at least the women & boys &c. But he met with no success, was roughly treated, and even threatened with personal violence. The occurrence of so unprecedented an outrage within 18 miles of the National Capital, ought not probably to pass unnoticed I had thought of communicating the facts to Mr. Johnson of the Senate, and to our member in the House of Representatives--But upon reflection, I supposed I should best discharge myself of my duty in the premises by placing you in possession of the facts, and leaving the whole matter to your superior experience and discretion 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. It seems imposible that this man could have acted under orders Very Respectfully Yr Obt Servt (Signed) Edward W. Belt One of the negro women released and taken along by them was under indictment for attempting to posin a white family The troops and prisoners went from here to Annapolis A. W. Bradford to Abraham Lincoln, 16 March 1864, enclosing Edward W. Belt to Gov. Bradford, 15 March 1864, M-94 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4140]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maryland Governor Augustus Bradford complains to Lincoln about the liberation of enslaved prisoners from jail in Prince George's County Description An account of the resource 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 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.” Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/16/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Prince George's County, MD bureaucracy family incarceration local officials slavery white opposition to recruitment women https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/011a9cc73738ddf7c3cec73cf227b5d8.pdf a474978bbda369d7b6415189715b81ca https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/aecd061f35374a62960ea0bec13b0276.pdf b278e6829f68f987f8c66b82af8f9078 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Parallel Politics Description An account of the resource This collection highlights Black political activity and organizing from outside formal institutional politics. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Reports to Headquarters of the Middle Department from a Black Recruiting Agent and Colonel Bowman Balto July 6th/64 Sir. At a conversation, about the 26th of June with General Wallace at that time General Wallace stated that the most effectual mode of procuring recruits was the expeditions in the country among the rebels, where they were in abundance, for the Army of the United States; and at that time written a communication to Col. Bowman, favoring this scheme with his approbation, and ,et the Col.s views, and the Colonel then orderd the preparations to go on, which expedition set out a few days after, to Middle River Neck to procure all the recruits, either free or slave, by their own volition and admission, when the necessary questions were propounded to them. Are you loyal men to the Government--? Are you willing to be in obedience to the call of the President for colored volunteers to put down the rebellion, and to exterminate the Rebels, so that you will be free men those of you that are slaves, and receive $100 Bounty and $40 worth of clothing, and your freedom, and be men, as other men, enjoying all the rights and privileges under the Government, that can be granted to you. If free men, they will receive $300 Bounty, $200 cash and $100 in monthly installments until the whole $300 is paid, with wages and clothes as above mentioned. To all of which they answer, they are willing and would be glad to go, if their masters could not get them back. I assured them their masters could not take them back, if they were competent on examination to bear arms, and that their masters would be paid for them. They then offered the objection that they were to be made breastworks off, and to be put in the front, that the Government was deceiving them in the promise of bounty, wages, and freedom, and that they could be brought back again if they ran away. But as soon as we removed all these impressions, the men assented and said they would cheerfully, willingly go, in the presence of their rebel masters and mistresses. Some of their masters who were much attached to their slaves were unwilling to believe that they had assented, until they questioned them in the presence of Lieut. Frick; and other witnesses whom we have. Some of them were told by their masters to make themselves either younger or older than the required age, as the case might be By a close investigation we ascertained this fact.-- That strong active men of 21 had been represented as being only 16, and that strong healthy men of 40 had been represented as being 50 years old, and they were apprized that we were expected there and they were to make use of this deception to frustrate our object. One of their masters, called them on one side and told them they should be free as soon as they got to Baltimore, but they refused to rely on their master's promises any longer, and said they were willing to join the Union Army. If permitted to go in the Rebel camps, that is to say that part of the country which is wholly occupied by the rebels, we can get a thousand men in 30 days, strong, hearty, able-bodied men who wish to go, and only want the opportunity. As a specimen of that class of people we can get, we have now at Camp Birney, 14 fine, hearty-looking men, who are all cheerful and willing to go, and nothing could change their minds; except two, who are disappointed after giving their consent to embark in the army, and who thought the doctors would not pass them and they would be rejected. They said they would enter the army if their health permitted them, thinking they would be rejected. I saw them yesterday, on the 4th and conversed with them. They desired to go upon the next expedition, saying that they knew where plenty of men could be found, and that they would bring, by their appearance in uniform. the men around them like bees to the hive. The names are as follows.-- Age Residence Winfield Scott 20 Balto Co Slave Elias Dosey 20 " " free Sandy Bias 22 " " " Jerome Preston 33 " " Slave Thomas Preston 19 " " " Henry Preston 20 " " " Elias Allinder 23 " " " Jacob Lee 21 " " " John Jackson 19 " " free Damon Brown 43 " " " Emory Walker 19 " " Slave George Linch 36 " " free Jos Griffith 24 " " " Andrew Brown Slave The witnesses are as follows, who will corroborate the whole statement. Lieut. Frick. U.S.A. Recruiting officer, B. M. Hawley, Henry Carrol, and, in addition, several soldiers that were present and will testify to the whole conversations. I remain Your Obd't Serv't G. A. Hackett No 24 Holliday St [Baltimore, Md.] June 30 [1864]. General I have the honor to acknowledge the rect of your note of this PM papers enclosed, which I have not examined. I have been all day busy with the subject. As you know I hesitated about the expedition complained of, and but for your note by the black man Hackett I would not have allowed it to go out. But I am satisfied if you will just give me a few days at it, the thing will all evaporate. I have seen the recruits all, in the presence of complainants and only two out of 14 have expressed any desire to go back. I will not send them away, and if you say so, you can see them all yourself. I understand these people very well. Three of the men of whom most complaint is made declared they did not wish to be released, and two of them are very superior black men, almost white. I will send out no more parties. Very respy Yr obt st. S. M. Bowman G. A. Hackett to Col. Lawrence, 6 July 1864, H-162 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343 Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4137]; Col. S. M. Bowman to Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace, 30 June 1864, B-309 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. and 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4l32]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Black recruiter explains that enslaved Marylanders want to join the Union Army, but only if they are paid and treated equitably Description An account of the resource G.A. Hackett to Col. Lawrence (AAG) relating his experiences in recruiting Black soldiers (slave and free) in and around the area of Middle River, Baltimore County. Following up on Gen. Wallace’s advice that recruiting expeditions should take place among the rebel slaveholders, Hackett discovers that slaves were eager to join the Union army. But only after assurances that they would not be used as breast-work, that the government wouldn’t deceive them concerning wages and that they would not be returned to their masters. Hackett declares that, ’’Some of their masters who were much attached to their slaves, were unwilling to believe that they had assented (to enlistment), until they question them in the presence of Lt. Frick...” "Some of them were told by their masters to make themselves either younger or older than the required age, as the case may be." "One of their masters called them to one side and told them they should be free as soon as they got to Baltimore." "But they refused to rely on their master’s promises any longer.” Page four of the letter contains a list of fourteen slaves and freemen who enlisted. Hackett talked to some Black recruits who declare that, "plenty of men could be found, and that they would bring, by their appearance in uniform the men around them like bees to the hive." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/6/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Baltimore Co, MD bureaucracy military discrimination recruitment slavery https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/328d168c03082b6423e54dfbbf85a7e3.pdf fd3052a70ef037701b3e0c71fa049555 https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/de14b872f039fdadb1b21453b89288ec.pdf 66aaa9eca8d16a17e9a9a583d37ceaa9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Maryland and the Military Description An account of the resource This collection documents Black Marylanders' interactions with and contributions to the military during the Civil War. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The National Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-1865 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Open access Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Civilian Recruiting Agent to the Superintendent of Maryland Black Recruitment Centreville, Queen Anns County Md. August 24" 1863 Dear Sir: Since the arrest and imprisonment of Col. J. P. Creager, there is a strong opposition on the part of the citizens and civil authorities in this (Queen Anns) county against recruiting any more colored men. They assert and contend that, when a free colored man hires himself for a year, or a shorter period of time, he is a slave for the length of time he hires himself, and that I have no right to recruit him, though it may be his desire to volunteer. One recruit, John Singer, a free col,d man, in the employ of H. S. Mitchell, was arrested and taken from me at the Steamboat Landing at Queens Town, on a States writ, because, as the writ says, "he left his home and quit the service of H. S. Mitchell before the expiration of the time the hiring was to terminate, without reasonable and proper cause." Now this said John Singer left his home for the sole pupose of Volunteering and was on the way to Birney Barracks with me when he was arrested by order of one certain C. I. B. Mitchell. H. S. Mitchell and C. I. B. Mitchell are both notorious secessionests, and I am menaced with arrest by this class of persons, and have not the least doubt but that they will make the attempt if I am not sustained by proper military authority; and, unless some steps are taken by the Military to stop this strong opposition, it will be useless for me to try to obtain any more recruits. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Wm T. Chambers [Endorsement] Head Qrs. Recruiting for U.S. Colored Troops, Aug. 25, 1863. Respectfully forwarded for the information of the Secretary of War. The opposition to enlistment of Colored Troops is managed from Annapolis, is purely political and is designed to obstruct and hinder all recruiting of the kind. The arrest of Creager, a recruiting agent was the first step. Demands for return of slaves are the second. The third is the prevention by illegal writs of the enlistment of free blacks. I am advised by eminent counsel that the writ referred to within is illegal. If these efforts are not ended by speedy action of the War Dept, recruiting for colored troops must be abandoned in the state of Maryland. If I might suggest the remedy, it would be the support by the military authority, of my recruiting agents and the payment to loyal owners of a bounty for slaves enlisted. William Birney, Colonel Comg. 4th U.S.C.T. & Mustering & Recruiting Officer. Wm. J. Chambers to Col. Wm. Birney, 24 Aug. 1863, C-134 1863, Letters Received, ser. 360, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-616]. Chambers had written to the Secretary of War two days earlier, protesting the injustice of a recruitment policy that drafted and recruited free blacks, while prohibiting slave enlistment. He contended that in Queen Anne's County, the nonslaveholders, who were nearly all loyal unionists, suffered because their hired free black laborers were taken, while the slaveholders, who opposed the national government, benefited from retention of their bondsmen. Asking that the War Department "speedily order the recruiting of slaves," Chambers argued that "if you will allow the slaves to go, you strike a deeper blow against the rebellion than can be given in any other way." (William T. Chambers to Edwin M. Stanton, 22 Aug. 1863, C-125 1863, Letters Received, ser. 360, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-27].) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource White officials in Queen Anne's County challenge the recruitment of free people of color as temporary slaves Description An account of the resource William T. Chamgbers to Col. William Birney reporting arrest of Col. J.P. Creager for recruiting among free people of color on the grounds that "when a free colored man hires himself for a year, or short period of time, he is a slave for the length of time he hires himself, and that I have no right to recruit him, though it may be his desire to volunteer." Notes that John Singer, a free person of color, was arrested for enlisting and thus violating his contract "without reasonable and proper cause." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/22/1863 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Centreville, Queen Anne's Co, MD bureaucracy Free people of color incarceration local officials slavery white opposition to recruitment https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/24a2ffddf66c19d84586ef760a42cc57.pdf a794e9682ba9502f2ad6419bdaf42e0f https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/12821688cd47584bc456e428583fc916.pdf b464889996276269c4c6fb7abbf0bd33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Families in Civil War Maryland Description An account of the resource This collection documents the experiences of Black Maryland families during the Civil War. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Maryland Black Drummer Boy to the Secretary of War Alexandria V.a. Feb 21st 1865 Sir I have the honor of writing you a few Lines To inform you that i want to apply for a furlough for i enlisted in December the 18th 1863 as a Drummer boy and now i am about 14 months from home and my mother has wrote for me several times for me to come home I have ask for a furlough 3 different times now and they have put me off by saying that i was nothing but a boy and did not need one so i thought i would write to a higher authority and see what they would do for me I has respects for my folks at the Age of 14 as well as those of the age of 20 years i will now be 14 years of age the 25th of December 1865 i think that i have a right to my furlough at the end of 12 months any how a native of M.D bred and born in St marys County Very respectfully Yours Reason Brown I belong to the 19th MD Co. D. U S Cold Vol Reason Brown to the secatry of war, 21 Feb. 1865, B-126 1865, Letters Received, ser. 360, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-119]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black drummer boy Reason Brown petitions for furlough to visit his family in Maryland Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/21/1865 Description An account of the resource Reason Brown to the Sec. of War Brown is a 14 yr old drummer boy. He has been in the army for 14 months, has applied 3 times for a furlough and cannot get one. He wants to visit family in MD-officers tell him he is too young to want to visit his family. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Alexandria, VA; St. Mary's County, MD Black soldiers bureaucracy children family military discrimination women https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/8f72c17f8313afc32016bcb303067658.pdf 8a60f59865282a3124b49f8f4ed45f6c https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/680051ee67ddeef5b8d2b9b443a6f383.pdf 75a2f9eb91350f443584b85639919e72 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Maryland and the Military Description An account of the resource This collection documents Black Marylanders' interactions with and contributions to the military during the Civil War. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The National Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-1865 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Open access Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Black Surgeon to the Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee and War Department Report Baltimore Md April 5th 1864 Sir, I beg leave most respectfully to inquire if the bill now pending to increase the pay of Colored Troops, will include commissioned officers? My reason for asking the question is that I have been commissioned for a year, and always has recd' pay as a Surgeon, But when I called upon Paymaster Ettings, in Baltimore a few days since for my pay he, refused to give it to me: and said I was only entitled to seven dollars $7) per month. The matter has been refered to higher authority, and I am unable to say what disposition will be made of it. But if the Bill in question does not make provision you will please have a clause inserted that will cover the whole ground I remain Sir Your obedient Servt A T Augusta, M.B. P.S. An answer at your earliest convenience will be thankfully received. [Endorsement] Respectfully referred to Major F. M. Vincent AAG. War Department for consideration & the proper action H Wilson [Endorsement] War Dept. A.G. Office. April 12" 1864. Respectfully referred to Brig. Genl. E. A. S. Canby A.A. Genl. U.S. Army. It is not understood that under existing laws the pay of an officer is affected by his color. By order C. W. Foster Asst. Adjt. Genl. Vols. [Washington, D.C.] April 15, 1864 Sir: I am instructed by the Secretary of War to acknowledge the receipt of the communication of Surgeon A. T. Augusta, U.S. Colored Troops, stating that the Paymaster at Baltimore had refused to pay him more than Seven dollars per month and in reply I am directed to state that the subject was submitted from the Paymaster Generals Office April 12, & it was decided that Surgeon Augusta was entitled to pay according to his rank V.R. Y.O.S. Surgeon A. T. Augusta to Senator Henry Wilson, 5 Apr. 1864, and Col. & Ins. Genl. to Hon. H. Wilson, 15 Apr. 1864, W-87 1863, Letters Received, ser. 360, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-47]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta writes to Senator Henry Wilson regarding his low pay as a Black soldier despite holding the rank of major Description An account of the resource 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. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/28/1863 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. B-47 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Baltimore, MD Black leader Black officer military discrimination soldier pay https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/80ceae567c2a416f467eea64d5560890.pdf 430194eb223dcdc8dec0fc1d2dfea7a6 https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/192090bea3f67d9f6dd5576d0e6de9bd.pdf 9263cc6171048467883cce376e8ebc8d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Families in Civil War Maryland Description An account of the resource This collection documents the experiences of Black Maryland families during the Civil War. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Affidavit of a Maryland Freedwoman District of Columbia City of Washington 21st day of Oct 1865 I Jane Uncles a resident of Brookville Montgomery County Maryland having been duly sworn doth depose and say that on or about the 1st of May 1863 my daughter Hanna Warfield, who was then held as a slave by one Thomas Dorsey of Hoods Mills Howard County Maryland, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to the State Penitentiary at Baltimore Maryland for the term of ten (10) years I was not present at the trial but understand that my child was sentenced to the Penitentiary for striking Mrs Dorsey and knocking her down. They made it appear that my daughter (so I understood) Hanna made an unprovoked attack upon Mrs Dorsey when the truth was that Mrs Dorsey was whipping her and my daughter goaded by the lash struck her Hanna when sentenced to the Penitentiary was fifteen (15) years of age. her Jane X Uncles mark [Endorsement] Office Supt R.F. and A.L. Dist of Columbia Oct 21st 1865 Respectfully forwarded for the consideration of Col Jno Eaton Jr Ass't Com'r Dist of Columbia with the opinion expressed that the ends of Justice have most certainly been satisfied. This girl having been incarcerated 2 yrs and five months for doing that which any of Gods living creatures have a right to do defend themselves against brutal assaults come from where they may Wm. F. Spurgin Capt Supt Dist of Columbia Affidavit of Jane Uncles, 21 Oct. 1865, Unregistered Letters Received, ser. 457, DC Asst. Comr., RG 105, [A-9884]. Sworn before a Freedmen's Bureau agent. A notation on the outside of the file reads "Action taken in this case." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jane Uncles testifies that her formerly enslaved daughter was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for defending herself during a beating by her enslaver Description An account of the resource Affidavit of Jane Uncles, who says that in 1863 her 15 year old daughter was convicted of striking her mistress & sentenced to 10 years in prison; Uncles says that her daughter defended herself from the beating which her enslaver was in the process of administering to her; the daughter is still in jail. The endorsement notes the right of any of God’s living creatures to defend themselves. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/21/1865 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. A-9884 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Howard Co, MD children incarceration punishment self-defense slavery violence women