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110. II Maryland Archives 272. Lord Baltimore stated in 1678 that the 1671 law had been
enacted to encourage the baptism of slaves. Md. Arch. Proceedings of the Council
1661-1675. 267.
111. LXVI Maryland Archives 291. See Kimmel. supra note 1. at 61; and Kimmel, "Free
Blacks in Seventeenth Century Maryland," LXXI Md. Hist. Mae. 19, 20-1 (1976).
112. LXIX Maryland Archives 122. See Whittington P. Johnson, "The Origin and Source of
African Slavery in Seventeenth Century Maryland," LXXHI Md. Hist. Mag. 236, 240
. (1978).
113. LXV Maryland Archives 19. See Johnson, supra note 104, at 240; Kimmel, supra note 1,
at 61.
114. Lois Green Carr and Russell R. Menard, "Immigration and Opportunity: The Freedman in
Early Colonial Maryland," in Tate and Ammerman, supra note 63 at 206, 238.
115. Id
116. VII Maryland Archives 76.
117. William and Mary Butler v. Boarman, 1 Har. and McH. 371 (1770). Petitioners claimed
freedom as descendants of Irish Nell. The Court noted that the 1681 law which repealed
the 1664 statute "was passed in the month of August, immediately after the marriage [of
Nell and a negro slave], and his Lordship interested himself in procuring repeal with a
view to this particular case."
118. VII Maryland Archives 177.
119. VII Maryland Archives 203-5.
And for as much as diverse freebom English or White women sometimes by the
Instigation Procurement or Connivance of their Masters Mistress or dames, & always to
the Satisfaction of their Lascivious & Lustful desires, & to the disgrace not only of the
English but also of many other Christian Nations, do Intermarry with Negroes & Slaves
by which means diverse Inconveniences Controversies & suits may arise Touching the
Issue or Children of such freebom women aforesaid, for the prevention whereof for the
future, Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that if any Mr Mrs or dame having
any freeborn English or white woman Servant as aforesaid in their possession or property,
shall by any instigation procurement knowledge permission or Contrivance whatsoever,
suffer any such possession & wherein they have property as aforesaid to Intermarry or
Contract in Matrimony with any Slave from and after the Last day of this present Sessions
of Assembly, That then the said Mr Mrs or dame of any such freebom women as
aforesaid, so married as aforesaid, shall forfeit & Lose all their Claim & Title to the
service & servitude of any such freebom woman & also the said woman Servant so
married shall be & is by this present Act absolutely discharged manumitted & made free
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