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