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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 "—*** *•* * O*"* *"* ^^^-» %»**»^ -*^*» .* ~~ «* M^A-rr-h-u ^ .*. v^ <•. » -k^ kx V**-*" » woman about 23 years old, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches tall, and has a brown complexion ... a descendant of Trecy Boswell, a free woman. ii. Letty, born about 1799, registered on 12 January 1818: a black woman about 19 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, and has a brown complexion ... the descendant of Trecy Boswell. iii. Henry, bom about 1802, registered on 9 January 1823: about 21 years old and 6 feet 1-1/2 inches tall... son of Trecy Boswell. iv. Elizabeth, born about 1805, registered on 9 January 1823: light complexion, is about 18 years old, and 5 feet 4-1/2 inches tall... daughter of Trecy Boswell, a free woman of colour [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes, 24, 44]. BOTELER FAMILY Members of the Boteler family in Maryland were i. Black Charles, head of a Prince George's County household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [MD:257]. ii. Mary, "free Negro" head of a Prince George's County household of 6 "other free" in 1800[MD:257]. iii. Letty, "free Negro" head of a Prince George's County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD-.279], iv. Betty, head of a Washington County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:555]. \. Catherine, born about 1801, registered as a free Negro in Prince George's County on 13 August 1822: a mulatto woman, about 21 years old, and 5 feet 1 inch tall... born free in Prince George's County. vi. John, born about 1807, registered on 8 July 1828: a bright mulatto man, about 21 years old, and 5 feet 8 1/2 inches tall... son of Negro Betsey, a free woman of color [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes; 42, 74]. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Adams-Butler.htin Page 18 of 38