Well said!

Marcus, Now enjoying yr superb"Freedom Ship"& valuable info re the large free Black community of Baltimore and the waterfront.One such person was Cato Day, a free Blk ship caulker & activist.Day on 15 Jan 1807 accused of harboring concealing a freedom seeker on her passage north.

Many thx!

Jack

HMS Victory in 1805 muster roll shows George Ryan, O.S, age 22, born Africa

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Two of the HMS Victory, Boys, KIA at Trafalgar, Oct 1805, Stephen Sabine, born London, age 13 and George Wilson from Bristol, age 15

In the British Navy this was common practice. These images are from the log of HMS Victory Oct 1805 following, Battle Of Trafalgar. Note Boys Effects

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Purser S. Hanson USN to SecNav Smith re Tingey & Cassin

10 Dec 1808 .“It is a common practice to permit the Favorites of the Yard, to have Slaves from Persons in the Country and have them entered on the Rolls as their own.
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Washington Navy Yard Commandant Thomas Tingey to SecNav Robert Smith, names of enslaved workers and slaveholders 12 May 1808. Slaveholders listed are naval officers, civilian managers, or members of prominent local families . NARA Washington