U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, Governor of Maryland. He was a Democratic Republican politician from Maryland. He served from the 7th district of Maryland in the United State House of Representatives from 1806 to 1809, as the 13th Governor of Maryland from 1809 to 1811 and in the US Senate from 1819 to 1826. Born into a wealthy upper-classed family, who had settled in the area since the 17th century, his father was a member of the Continental Congress. He served at the rank of lieutenant colonel of the Ninth Regiment of the Maryland Militia. He was a member of the Maryland State Senate from 1826 to 1831, and as President of the Senate in 1826. He was a defender of slavery owning 468 enslaved people in 1832, with one being Frederick Douglass, who became an African-American Abolitionist. In Douglass' 1845 autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave," he mentioned in details the time period that he was enslaved on one of Lloyd's plantations and the cruelty committed by overseers along with Lloyd's indifference to the situation.
U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, Governor of Maryland. He was a Democratic Republican politician from Maryland. He served from the 7th district of Maryland in the United State House of Representatives from 1806 to 1809, as the 13th Governor of Maryland from 1809 to 1811 and in the US Senate from 1819 to 1826. Born into a wealthy upper-classed family, who had settled in the area since the 17th century, his father was a member of the Continental Congress. He served at the rank of lieutenant colonel of the Ninth Regiment of the Maryland Militia. He was a member of the Maryland State Senate from 1826 to 1831, and as President of the Senate in 1826. He was a defender of slavery owning 468 enslaved people in 1832, with one being Frederick Douglass, who became an African-American Abolitionist. In Douglass' 1845 autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave," he mentioned in details the time period that he was enslaved on one of Lloyd's plantations and the cruelty committed by overseers along with Lloyd's indifference to the situation.
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Here lieth interred the
remains of
Col. Edward Lloyd
who was born the 22nd of July
1779
and departed this life
the 2nd of June 1834
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