african essay

Maryland Slave to the President

Belair [Md.] Aug 25th 1864

Mr president It is my Desire to be free. to go to see my people on the eastern shore. my

mistress wont let me you will please let me know if we are free. and what i can do. I write to

you for advice. please send me word this week. or as soon as possible and oblidge.

Annie Davis [27]

Annie Davis to Mr. president, 25 Aug. 1864, D-304 1864, Letters Received, series 360, Colored

Troops Division, Adjutant General's Office, Record Group 94, National Archives. A Bureau of

Colored Troops notation on the outside of the letter reads merely “file,” and no response to

Annie Davis appears among the copies of letters sent by the bureau or by other offices in the War

Department.

Attributions [27] Maryland Slave to the President by Annie Davis is in the Public Domain. Letter from

Annie Davis to Abraham Lincoln; 8/25/1864; 1864 D-304; Letters Received, 1863-1888;

Records of the Adjutant General's Office, Record Group 94; National Archives Building,

Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-from-

annie-davis-to-abraham-lincoln , August 7, 2018]