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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 41 Print image (40K) |
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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 41 Print image (40K) |
| 32 interested in the Black history of Maryland in general and St. Mary's County in particular. I have researched and documented my family history back to the time when the Proprietorship was in its infancy. My maternal lineage of slaves can be traced to 1793 soon after the first Census of the United States. I have tracked the migratory route of my slave ancestor in St. Mary's as they were given as gifts, being sold as the provisions of Wills or to satisfy debts. My "roots" are unfathomable in the State of and I feel that Maryland is indeed my Maryland. I never cease to tire of research of the deeds and struggles of Black folks. I feel that I owe it to those who had so little and who gave so much. My paternal ancestors were sold at a public auction from the courthouse door in Leonardtown, St. Mary's County. My great grandmother and her four children were purchased by Dr. Walter Hanson Briscoe of the Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, St. Mary's County. My great grandfather was procured by Chapman Billingley, the Judge of the Orphans Court of St. Mary's County. My maternal heritage dates to 1681 in the same county and they were free people. I disseminated the material of which I researched in a book entitled Kane Rutler Genealogy, History of a Black Family. |