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The Freedmen's Bureau and Illegal Apprenticeships on Maryland's Eastern Shore

By Abdeena Barrie • October 17, 2022
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From Apprenticeships from the Somerset County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

Record #343

Child (Apprentice) boy Isaac
Child of Hetty Ann Schofield
White person to whom apprenticed (master) George W Lankford
Age 7
Trade to Learn farming business

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County Somerset
PDF page 204
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 172
Justice of the Peace J B Stevenson
Child (Apprentice) boy Isaac
Child of Hetty Ann Schofield
Raised by George W Lankford
Awarded services of child for raising
White person to whom apprenticed (master) George W Lankford
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 12 Nov 1864
Age 7
Date of Attaining Said Age 15 Aug 1864
Age to Serve Until 21
Trade to Learn farming business
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $50
Date of Final Papers 8 May 1865
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Record #451

Child (Apprentice) girl Hetty
Child of Ann Handy
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Sharlott Handy
Age 10
Trade to Learn housegirl

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County Somerset
PDF page 258
Page # in Liber JJD No. 6 226
Justice of the Peace J B Stevenson
Child (Apprentice) girl Hetty
Child of Ann Handy
Raised by Hannah Handy
Awarded $15 for raising child
White person to whom apprenticed (master) Sharlott Handy
Date of Apprenticeship Paper 9 Nov 1864
Age 10
Date of Attaining Said Age 1 Oct 1864
Age to Serve Until 18
Trade to Learn housegirl
Receive at the end of the Apprenticeship 2 suits apparel & $10
Date of Final Papers 4 Jul 1865
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From Apprenticeships from the Worcester County Register of Wills (Indentures), 1864-1867

Record #1

County Worcester
Apprentice Name Margaret Spence
Age 10
Bound To Irving Spence

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County Worcester
Document Page 57
Original Page 1
Apprentice Name Margaret Spence
Age 10
Birth Date 5 Oct
Date of Apprenticeship 31 Oct 1864
Bound To Irving Spence
Age to Serve Until 18
Learned Trade house servant
Items Received at End of Apprenticeship suit of clothes worth $15 & $10
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From Sussex County, DE Apprentice Indentures, 1822-1924

Record #1

County Sussex
Apprentice Surname Adams
Apprentice First Name Sandy
Gender M
Master Surname Chipman
Master's First Name Joseph
Occupation Waterman or Sailor on board of a vessel

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County Sussex
Date of Record 10/28/1829
Apprentice Surname Adams
Apprentice First Name Sandy
Gender M
Race m
Guardian Self
Master Surname Chipman
Master's First Name Joseph
Occupation Waterman or Sailor on board of a vessel
Benefits During Service monthly wages of $7 dollars and 75 cents, said Sandy keeps $2 dollars and 58 cents and the said Joseph Chipman takes the rest
Benefits After Apprenticeship na
Box Number 2
Folder Number 1
Series Number 4555.32
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From Freedmen's Bureau Illegal Apprenticeship Complaints

Record #6

Parent/Relative County Caroline
Parent Name Martha Brown
Number of Children Taken 2
Captor Name John Sangston
Captor County Caroline
Settled? Yes - Released

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State Maryland
Parent/Relative County Caroline
Parent Locale –
Parent Name Martha Brown
Number of Children Taken 2
Name of Children Taken –
Relationship –
Captor Name John Sangston
Captor County Caroline
Captor Locale –
Settled? Yes - Released
Agent Name Edward R. Petherbridge
Notes "His" two children and "his" consent used.
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