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Slaves of Alexander Bradford Harrison, Talbot, Maryland

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This page lists the known enslaved people of Alexander Bradford Harrison (1789-1841). These enslaved people include those he inherited from his uncle Samuel Harrison (1777-1837) as well as other enslaved people listed in his will, inventory, and distribution. All slaves of Alex. B. Harrison free at age 31.

inherited from his uncle Samuel Harrison (1777-1837)


* mentioned in Alex's will:

"all others divided among heirs"

* From Alex's Inventory

  • initial inventory 12 May 1841
  • addendum to inventory/ sale of property, including enslaved persons/ sale on 29 Sep 1842/ specifies enslaved persons not sold & sold. Those sold are entered below in brackets and italics with year 1842 and age listed in 1842.
  • addendum to inventory 9 Nov 1844 includes further sales of enslaved persons. Listed below in brackets and italics with year 1844 and age listed in 1844.
  • Tom (24 yo/9 yrs to serve)
  • Ephraim=Ephraim Wells (abt.1816-) (25 yo/ 6 yrs to serve) [1842: 4.5 yrs to serve sold to Catherine Harrison]
  • George (26 yo/5 yrs to serve)
  • Perry=*Perry Isaacs (abt.1824-) (19 yo/12 yrs to serve) [1842: 20 yo--sold to Speddem Orem, Jr.]
  • Abigail (56 yo/ infirm-see below)
  • Peter (25 yo/ 8 yrs to serve--legacy to son Samuel)
  • Julia (21yo/10 yrs to serve)
  • Maria (5 yo/26 yrs to serve)
  • Thomas Alfred (2 yo/29 yrs to serve)
  • Mary Ann (19 yo/12 yrs to serve--legacy to dau. Mary)
  • Tom Lawrence=Tom Lawrence (abt.1832-) (9 yo/22 yrs to serve) [1842: 10 yo-sold to John C. Cazier)
  • Stephen Wells=Stephen Wells (1837-) (4 yo/ 27 yrs to serve--legacy to son Jonathan)
  • Charles Wells=Charles Wells (1837-) (4 yo/ 27 yrs to serve--legacy to son Jonathan)
  • Emery=Emery Moore (abt.1829-) (12 yo/19 yrs to serve) [1842: 12 yo--sold to Thomas Sherwood]
  • Eliza Ann=Eliza Ann Benson (abt.1836-1921) (8 yo/23 yrs to serve--legacy to wife)
  • Mary Emily ( 3 yo/28 yrs to serve) [1842:4 yo/sold to John W. Kemp]
  • Loyde (17 yo/14 yrs to serve) [1842:18 yo --sold to Thomas Sherwood]
  • Mable=Mabel (Harrison) Benson (abt.1810-) [30 yo/1 yr to serve) [1842: Free under the will of Samuel Harrison]
  • Samuel Wallace (29 yo/2 yrs to serve)
  • Judith M. =Judith Moore (abt.1810-) no information listed
  • Henrietta Wells=Henrietta Wells (abt.1830-) (14 yo/17 yrs to serve--legacy to dau Emily)
  • Phillis Moore=Phillis (Harrison) Moore (abt.1771-) (66 yo-infirm)
  • Margaret Benson (1 month old/31 yrs to serve) [1842: 2 yo/sold to John W. Kemp]
  • Old Perry= Perry Harrison (abt.1763-) (80 yo)
  • William Henry Montgomery Reason (17 yo/14 yrs to serve) [1842: noted that he had been erroneously appraised in the estate of Alex. Harrison. actually part of the estate of Edward Sears.]

More information from will:

ROSA

  • Rosa- no surname listed. Don't know if she had been a slave, but assume so and will add a enslaved profile page for her. She is referred to in Alex's will as a 'servant' not a slave and she is not listed in the inventory or distribution, only in his will. Therefore, she may have been a slave who had already been freed. Her age is not listed, but she is referred to as 'old' and Alex. freed all slaves at age 31, so she may have stayed on there and have been working for Alex. for a long time.
  • Quote from Alex's Will[1] [see image 108]" I give to my old and faithful servant Rosa for her great attention to me and my family the house and lot whereon she now lives during her natural life, together a sufficiency of firewood to be cut and hauled to her door, as also the of two hundred dollars per year to be paid out of my estate."

Old Abigail

  • Abigail is listed in Alex's inventory as 56 years old and infirm. No "years to serve" are listed and she is not listed with any monetary value.
  • Quote from Alex's Will[2] [see image 108]"" I give to my old Abigail a home on the farm and the privilege of the room she now occupies, as also a support from my children jointly during her life, together with the annual sum of ten dollars to be paid out of my estate as long as she lives without reference to the support as above left her."


Sources

LEGACY DOCUMENTS FOR Samuel Harrison (1777-1837)

LEGAGY DOCUMENTS FOR Alexander Bradford Harrison (1789-1841)

INVENTORIES

DISTRIBUTIONS





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