Report that free Black Marylanders were held in jail to compel them to enlist in the Army
description: Lt. M. Karney (cmdg post at Newton) to Lt. James C. Mullikin reporting on the conditions of the jail in Princess Ann, where several Black prisoners are held, apparently without charges. Some appear to have been enslaved and at least one discharged from the Army, flogged by the man who enlisted him. "There are four others who are confined to get their consent to enter the army."
date: 10/8/1864
coverage: Princess Ann, Somerset Co., MD