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THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND
(Final Report) 1999/12/31
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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 1 iv. Henry, born say 1770. 1. Henry Banks, born say 1770, and his wife Rachel, "people of color," baptized their daughter Peggy in St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore. Their daughter was i. Peggy, bom about 1793, nine years old when she was baptized on 9 May 1802 [Reamy, Records of St. Paul's Parish, 11:13]. BANTUM FAMILY Members of the Bantum family of Maryland were i. Gabriel, head of a Caroline County household of 8 "other free" in 1790. ii. George, head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" in 1790. 1 iii. James, born about 1757. iv. Sally, head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:531]. v. Joe, head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:527]. vi. Nancy Banthum, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 1 "other free" in 1790. 1. James Bantum, born about 1757, was head of a Talbot County household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [MD:534]. He obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 24 May 1815: a Black man... about 58 years of age, 5 feet 10 3/4 inches high, has the top of his head bald... was manumitted & set free by him the said Wm Thomas. He may have been the father of i. Levin, bom about 1783, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 27 May 1807: a Mullatto Man about twenty four years of age, five feet seven and a half inches high... free born of a white woman and bound to Christopher Bruff until he was twenty one years of age. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Adams-ButIer.htin Page 8 of 38