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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: 216 Print image (55K) |
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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: 216 Print image (55K) |
| All African Americans were not enslaved; about 1 percent and 40 percent of mulattoes were free. Free African Americans worked as field hands or servants in the homes of wealthy Europeans. Other African Americans worked as craftsmen. A few were farmers. Slavery provided a free source of labor for the growing colony. Enslaved persons were used to farm the land, cut timber, build roadways, construct bridges and a variety of buildings. In 1840, free African-Americans include 18 blacksmiths, 45 barbers, 35 caulkers, 13 drayers (cart drivers) and 7 grocers. By 1860, the free African-American population was about 25,000. White Slaves in Maryland and Differing Status In 1662, Maryland restricted a servant's travel without a pass to two miles beyond his master's house. In 1671, Maryland lengthened the time servants who arrived without indentured from four to five years. The improvement of white servants status was doubtful. Therefore a differing status between white and African-American slaves was evident after 1660. Maryland Historical Magazine Table II LEADING NEGRO OCCUPATIONS' IN BALTIMORE IN 1850 AND I860* Occupation 1850 I860 Difference 1 Barbers 91 96 + 5 2 Blacksmiths 31 27 - 4 3 Bricklayers 03 93 •4- 30 4 Butchers 16 9 __ *j 5 Carriage Drivers 33 34 -r \ 6 Carters, Draymen, etc. 3i>5 331 - 54 7 Carpenters 26 13 - 13 8 Caulkers 75 63 - 13 9 Cooks 09 26 -r 4 10 Grain Measurers 27 17 - 10 11 Hod Carriers 14 10 - 4 12 Hucksters 19 28 -r 9 13 Laborers 799 571 —228 14 Ostlers Jl 9 __ C) 15 Oystcrmen 24 50 -f 26 16 Porters, Waiters, etc. 236 226 - 10 17 Rope Makers 12 1 - 11 18 Sawyers 1-16 47 - 99 19 Seamen 94 107 •f 13 20 Seamstresses 20 4 - 16 21 Shoe Makers 2-1 11 - 13 22 Shop Keepers 21 13 - 8 23 Stevedores 3-i 34 - 1 24 Washers 200 142 -118 25 While Washers 70 62 - 8 TOTALS 2,754 2,044 -710 I M°,tfaiN5r°Ja!)0r tll>™* of 38.8 pcrcciii from 1850 to I860, aatche t 1849 ™"So'^?'wf'°7' F°r IW9'50 (Baltimore: R. [Richard] J. -v w^ds!8^^; pp91M°ods'Baliimore cit>- Direct°v (Baltimo- J°h° SS-66 |