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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 vi. Dark, head of a Talbot County household of 7 "other free" in 1790. vii. Nicholas, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:325]. viii. Anthony, head of a Queen Anne's County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:323]. ix. Thomas, head of a Talbot County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 and 5 in 1800 [MD:533]. x. Perry, born about 1790, obtained a certificate of freedom in Talbot County on 19 August 1815: a Bright Mulatto man... about 25 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high ... born free & raised in the County [Certificates of Freedom 1807-15, 12]. xi. James, head of a North Millford, Cecil County household of 1 "other free" in 1790. xii. John, head of a Cecil County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:236]. xiii. Daniel, head of a Cecil County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [MD:223]. BRYANT FAMILY 1. Alice Bryan, born say 1681, confessed in Kent County, Delaware Court in September 1699 that she had a "bastard Molattoe Child" by "William Trippits Negro man, Called Jack" and admitted that it was due to "her owne wicked inclinations." She received 39 lashes and was ordered to serve her master, Daniel Rutty, an additional two years. The court bound her "molattoe" son, Peter, to Rutty for 31 years. Later that year in December she came into court and bound her four year old, illegitimate daughter Elizabeth (no race indicated) to Rutty, for 18 years [Court Records 1699-1703,4b, 10b]. Her Children were i. Elizabeth, born April 1696. ii. Peter, born in 1699. iii. ?Sarah, born say 1701, "a mulatto woman begotten on a white woman, convicted by the Westmoreland County, Virginia Court of "haveing a Mulatto bastard Child by a white man" while serving her indenture to a Mr. Westcomb [Orders 1705-2K 108al. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Adams-Butler.htin Page 20 of 38