Freetown [AA722] Freetown Road and Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard, James Spencer, a "free black", acquired 35.5 acres from Charles R. Stewart in 1851. After the Civil War, the area was known as "Freetown," as recently freed blacks began to live on and around the Spencer property. By the 1880s, African Americans owned almost 1000 acres. James Spencer died in 1884. This site is an excellent example of the black communities that emerged after the Civil War in Maryland. The original Spencer farmhouse no longer stands. Freetown has a number of two-story dwellings. It borders on a new subdivision.