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Location: District 6, Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Surnames/tags: Wayne Slavery black_heritage
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Introduction
John Henry Bayne was the owner of Salubria Plantation in the Spaldings District, Prince George's County, Maryland. Salubria, was originally a part of the Oxon Hill tract, which was purchased by John's father, Ebsworth Bayne and his uncle, John Bayne, from Walter D. Addison in 1811. [1][2] Ebsworth gave his portion of the land to his son John Henry who built a home on the property in 1827.
Slaves
John Bayne owned a number of slaves. Bayne's earliest purchase of slaves was in 1826[3][4] through a transaction with uncle McKinny Talbert of Prince George's County. He sold John four slaves for ten dollars:
- Nell, 37 years of age
- Dennis, son of Nell, 2 years of age
- Levina, 14 years of age and
- Tom. 12 years of age[5]
Four years later he purchased members of the Hawkins family who were formally the slaves of Francis Kesley, deceased. The slaves were:
- Celia and Magdalena Hawkins,
- Isaac,
- Charlott, and
- Lara.
Bayne later purchased five more slaves from Edward Tolson. [6]The slaves were:
- Lewis,
- Eliza, and her children Phil, John, and Mary Ann
Bayne sold Eliza, Phil and Mary back to Edward Tolson.[7]
Judith
On November 6, 1834 a fourteen-year-old slave named Judith [Judah], poisoned Bayne's two sons, George and John, who died days later.[8] According to newspapers of the time, Judith was interrogated and confessed to the crime. She further admitted attempting to burn the dwelling house at Salubria and killing Bayne's infant daughter Mary Catherine two years prior. Although Judith was only 14 at the time, she was tried and hanged.[9]
Newspaper article: "Unparalleled Depravity"[10]
On Thursday evening, the 6th inst. while Doctor Bayne and lady, of Prince George's County, Md., were absent from home, their two sons, aged 7 and 5 years were suddenly seized with violent vomiting and excessive thirst. Suspicion was immediately entertained by the returning parents that they were poisoned, which was strengthened by the successive deaths of both these innocent children. One of them was dissected, and the stomach, with its contents sent to Dr. Thomas P Jones, of Washington, who, after applying the usual tests, pronounced it to contain two and a half grains of arsenic. Circumstances had in the meantime transpired, which fixed the horrid guilt upon a female black servant only 11 years old. She was interrogated, and confessed the deed very readily: she said that she had taken the arsenic from her master's shop, and strewed it over the supper of the children, which consisted of rice and milk. She also confessed that she was the person who, last year, made the attempt to burn the dwelling house down, which was only frustrated by a timely discovery. But oh! horrible to relate! she further confessed, that two years ago she also poisoned an infant of 7 months old, the daughter of this much to be pitied couple, which then died very suddenly, without any suspicion of poison. What renders these acts more atrocious is, that she is one of an excellent family of servants, and has a kind and indulgent master and mistress to serve.
Sources
- ↑ John Bayne, pt of Oxen Hill Manor, 215 acs, 1818-$8.84/1819-$7.92; http://genealogytrails.com/mary/princegeorges/landrecs.html
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Bayne
- ↑ PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT (Chattel Papers) MSA C1174, 1801-1806, 40,233-134/153, C 1174-5.
- ↑ PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT (Land Records) AB 4, 1825-1827, folio 234, Bill of Sale [MSA CE 65-51] accessed on MDLANDREC 05-17-2022 search book AB 4 Page 234 [https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_search.cfm?cid=PG Link to Search Page
- ↑ PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT (Chattel Papers) MSA C1174, 1801-1806, 40,233-134/153, C 1174-5.
- ↑ PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT (Chattel Papers) MSA C1174, 1831-1834, 40,233-267/281, C 1174-12.
- ↑ PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT (Chattel Papers) MSA C1174, 1831-1834, 40,233-267/281, C 1174-12.
- ↑ PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURT (Minutes) 11/1834, State of Maryland vs. Negro Judah [C1265-58.
- ↑ https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5400/sc5496/010500/010538/html/010538bio.html
- ↑ Maryland State Archives - Daily National Intelligencer, November 13, 1834 - transcribed by Tammie Stills
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