Sheriff's Sale
Summary
Notice: Sheriff Ed. M. Mobley gives notice that in compliance with an order from the Washington County Circuit Court, Benjamin F. Dorsey, a “free Negro” convicted of larceny, will be sold into slavery within Maryland for a term of seventeen months and three weeks.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light
Publication Date: April 3rd, 1861
Page/Column: 3D
Town: Hagerstown, MD
County: Washington
Subjects
- Pre-War Events
- Slavery / Emancipation
- African Americans
