https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/dd6fb4f6ca2d9ec4db92252f8d3169f1.pdf b18aefaba73bc5ddd2177ebf188d09f1 https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/441576af881ee1985faf1f130dd230c6.pdf a860c1a31bee1c6cab8925bad69ed432 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 Statement of a Maryland Free Black Woman Head Qrs. M. Dept 8” a/c Balto [Md.] Novr 14"/64. Statement of Barbara Diggs (fw) I am a free woman, but my children are slaves of Dr. Featherbridge of Talbot. Co Md. I make this Statement desiring information as to whether my children can be held by the said Dr. Featherbridge he claiming the right of binding them to him. I wish to get possession of them immediately if possible as it was averse to my will to have them bound to the said Dr. Featherbridge her Barbara X Diggs fw mark Statement of Barbara Diggs, 14 Nov. 1864, filed with M-1932 1864, Letters Received, ser. 12, RG 94 [K-4]. 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 Free Black Woman Barbara Diggs petitions for the release of her children, who were bound out against her will Description An account of the resource Statement of Barbara Diggs, a free woman of color, whose children "are slaves of Dr. Featherbridge of Talbot Co Md" he "claiming the right of binding them to him." File includes a massive number of enclosures, mostly dealing with apprenticeship and illegal enslavement after Maryland passed an emancipation measure in its Constitution of 1864. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/14/1864 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Talbot County, MD Apprentice children women