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Domestic News
February 8, 1865
Gold Hill Daily News
Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada
What is this article about?
Abolition of slavery in Maryland attracts emigrants from states like Pennsylvania, resulting in large land sales to settlers and rising property values, as reported in local newspapers.
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One of the Results of Emancipation.
The Baltimore American says the abolition of slavery in Maryland is being attended with the good results the friends of Emancipation expected. A steady stream of emigrants from sister States, particularly Pennsylvania, is pouring in, now that "free labor" has become a settled fact. In every county of the State large sales of land have taken place during the past two months, and the purchasers are men who intend to settle, and who do not purchase for the sake of speculation. The Denton Union, published in Caroline county, reports the sale of three farms at good prices all to Pennsylvanians. The Somerset Herald says that "more land is wanted; Northerners continue to visit the county (Somerset), looking for farms." Thus it will be wherever slavery is abolished. Immigrants will flock in, land rise in value, and the march of improvement begin.
The Baltimore American says the abolition of slavery in Maryland is being attended with the good results the friends of Emancipation expected. A steady stream of emigrants from sister States, particularly Pennsylvania, is pouring in, now that "free labor" has become a settled fact. In every county of the State large sales of land have taken place during the past two months, and the purchasers are men who intend to settle, and who do not purchase for the sake of speculation. The Denton Union, published in Caroline county, reports the sale of three farms at good prices all to Pennsylvanians. The Somerset Herald says that "more land is wanted; Northerners continue to visit the county (Somerset), looking for farms." Thus it will be wherever slavery is abolished. Immigrants will flock in, land rise in value, and the march of improvement begin.
What sub-type of article is it?
Migration Or Settlement
Economic
Slave Related
What keywords are associated?
Emancipation
Maryland
Immigration
Land Sales
Abolition
Free Labor
Where did it happen?
Maryland
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Maryland
Event Date
Past Two Months
Outcome
large sales of land to settlers, rising land values, influx of immigrants
Event Details
Abolition of slavery leads to steady stream of emigrants from sister states, particularly Pennsylvania, pouring into Maryland; large land sales in every county to men intending to settle; reports of farm sales to Pennsylvanians in Caroline county and Northerners seeking farms in Somerset county.