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THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND
(Final Report) 1999/12/31
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Adams-Butler 11/7/99 10:29 PM i. James, married Agnes Butler, "both Negroes," by banns 21 December 1800 [Piet, Catholic Church Records in Baltimore, 126]. 3. Samuel Adams, born say 1762, was head of a Talbot County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 and 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:522]. He may have been the father of i. Deborah, born about 1791, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 27 May 1819: a dark mulatto woman ... about 28 years of age, 5 feet high ... born free and raised in the County [Certificates of Freedom 1815-28, 121]. ALLEN FAMILY 1. Hannah1 Alien, born say 1700, was a white woman who had a daughter named Hannah by a "Negro" according to testimony in her great grandson's petition for freedom in Anne Arundel County Court in September 1794. Hannah was the mother of 2 i. Hannah2, born say 1725. 2. Hannah2 Alien, born say 1725, had a daughter named Jane Alien by a slave. She was the mother of 3 i. Jane, born say 1750. 3. Jane Alien, born say 1750, was living in Prince George's County in August 1772 when the court ordered her to serve an additional seven years of her indenture for having an illegitimate child "by a negro" and bound her son Nathaniel to serve Richard Higgins for 31 years. Her son was i. Nathaniel, born about March 1772, petitioned for his freedom in Anne Arundel County Court in September 1794 [Cases in the General Court and Court of Appeals of Maryland, 504]. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Adams-ButIer.htm Page 3 of 38