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Postponed Sheriff's Sale of a Free Negro

Summary

The sale of John Paraway, a free African American convicted of robbery and sentenced to serve as a slave out of the state for a ten year term, has been postponed to December 25


Article Source

Newspaper: The Carroll County Democrat

Publication Date: November 14th, 1861

Page/Column: 3C

Town: Westminster, MD

County: Carroll

Subjects

  • Slavery / Emancipation
  • Civil Liberties
  • African Americans
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