Indenture Rescinded
Summary
About a week ago the Orphans’ Court rescinded an order that apprenticed three negro children to Joseph A. Fleming of Walkersville. In 1862 their mother left her owner for Pennsylvania in fear of the Confederate army. After learning of the abolishment of slavery, she returned to claim her children, petitioning the court that they had been bound to Fleming without her knowledge or consent. Milton G. Urner was her counsel.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: July 19th, 1865
Page/Column: 2D
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Slavery / Emancipation
- Women and Children
- African Americans
- Aftermath of War / Reconstruction
