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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 Their descendants in Maryland may have been: i. Hannah, head of an Octararo, Cecil County household of 11 "other free" in 1790. ii. Abigail, head of a St. Mary's County, Maryland household of 3 "other free" in 1790. iii. William, "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 1 "other free" in 1790. iv. John, head of a North Sassafras, Cecil County household of 1 "other free" in 1790. BULEY FAMILY 1. Eve Buley, born say 1746, was prosecuted in Somerset County, Maryland in 1764 for having a child by a "negro slave" [Judicial Records 1763-65, 117]. She was probably the mother of i. Stephen, head of a Dorchester County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:682]. ii. Henry, head of a Dorchester County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:663]. iii. Jesse, head of a Dorchester County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [MD:691]. BURKE FAMILY 1. Ann Burk, born say 1785, admitted in Kent County, Delaware Court in May 1707 that she had a "Mollatoe Bastard Female Child" by a "Certain Negroe Man" on John Walker's plantation. She was given 29 lashes, made to stand 2 hours in the pillory and ordered to serve her master another six and one half years. Her daughter was bound to Walker until the age of 31 years. A year later in May 1708 her "Mulatto" child, Archibald, born in Walker's house on 1 February 1704 was bound until the age of 21 years to Walker's children and executors, John and Daniel Walker [Court Records 1703-17, 56b, 72b]. Her children were i. Archibald, bom 1 February 1704. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Adams-Butler.htin Page 21 of 38