1867 BOONSBORO MD newspaper EASTERN SHORE MD SLAVE OWNERS DEMAND COMPENSATION

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1867 BOONSBORO MARYLAND newspaper with an inside-page detailed report announcing that EASTERN SHORE MD SLAVE Owners DEMAND COMPENSATION from the government for their lost slaves, which they felt had been stolen from them -
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SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
_Boonsboro Odd Fellow_
(md) dated January 24 13, 1867, with fantastic Maryland AFRICAN AMERICAN history!  Maryland Slave owners felt as though they'd had the rug pulled out from under them even though they'd stayed loyal to the Union during the CIVIL WAR, and there were no reparation plans in place to pay them for their property when the slaves were freed in 1864.
This beautiful display piece would look great framed and hanging in the modern-day home of any current CIVIL RIGHTS activist or student of African-American history!
On December 16, 1863, a special meeting of the Central Committee of the Union Party of Maryland was called on the issue of slavery in the state (the Union Party was the most powerful legalized political party in the state at the time). At the meeting, Thomas Swann, a state politician, put forward a motion calling for the party to work for "Immediate emancipation (of all slaves) in Maryland". John Pendleton Kennedy seconded the motion. Since Kennedy was the former speaker of the Maryland General Assembly, as well as being a respected Maryland author, his support carried enormous weight in the party. A vote was taken and the motion passed. However, the people of Maryland as a whole were by then divided on the issue, and so twelve months of campaigning and lobbying on the issue followed throughout the state. During this effort, Kennedy signed his name to a party pamphlet, calling for "immediate emancipation" of all slaves that was widely circulated.
On November 1, 1864, after a year-long debate, a state referendum was put forth on the slavery question: although tied to the larger referendum on changes to the state constitution, the slavery component was extremely well known and hotly debated. The citizens of Maryland voted to abolish slavery, but only by a 1,000 vote margin, as the Southern part of the state was heavily dependent on the slave economy.
The constitution was submitted for ratification on October 13, 1864 and was narrowly approved by a vote of 30,174 to 29,799 (50.31% to 49.69%) in a referendum widely characterised by intimidation and fraud. The vote was only carried after Maryland's soldiers' votes were included in the count. Marylanders serving in the Union Army were overwhelmingly in favor (2,633 to 263)." - Wiki
Very Good condition.
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