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Ancestry/Genealogy

DebJ

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1. Hi Mia. I have roots in Maryland also

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Sat Apr 26, 2014, 12:10 AM

Apr 2014

Prince Georges, Charles, St Marys County, back to the 1600s.

Interesting to me were my ancestors who lived in Prince Georges County at a time when free white men, free black men,
slaves, and tenant farmers were all working in the same relatively small area together. That was before racism became a basis for enslavement here.

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White servitude in Maryland. [View all] mia Apr 2014 OP

Hi Mia. I have roots in Maryland also DebJ Apr 2014 #1

From St. Mary's County too - life was not easy back then. mia Apr 2014 #2