Because the new law did not apply retroactively, and perhaps also because Lord Baltimore left Maryland indefinitely in 1684, Butler and Charles lived out the rest of their lives as the slaves of William Boarman, Eleanor Butler's husband's owner.
Pošto se novi zakon nije primenjivao retroaktivno, i možda takođe zato što je lord Baltimor 1684. godine napustio Merilend na neodređeno, Batlerova i Čarls su proživeli ostatak svojih života kao robovi Vilijama Bormana, ’vlasnika’ muža Elenor Batler.