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MMWS_Data_20240917.tab Dec 13, 2024 - Manumissions on Maryland’s Western Shore, 1775-1785 Tabular Data - 66.1 KB - 15 Variables, 623 Observations - UNF:6:LgNFJ/hVDLbll6GUoFmfxg== Manumissions on Maryland’s Western Shore data
MMWS_Documentation_20241210.pdf Dec 13, 2024 - Manumissions on Maryland’s Western Shore, 1775-1785 Adobe PDF - 81.8 KB - MD5: 6355983e757eee7321e61975bae5da80 Manumissions on Maryland’s Western Shore documentation
Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1790 & 1807 Dec 13, 2024 Bollinger, Heather; Kerr, Molly, 2024, "Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1790 & 1807", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4RAKTV, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:lToNvV37x0k1mYKUhQv66w== [fileUNF] Regarded by early Georgetown historians and residents as one of the wealthiest men in Maryland during the colonial and early American periods, Robert Peter enslaved hundreds of people in Montgomery County, Maryland, during his lifetime and left a legacy of enslavement continued by his children. This dataset contains information from two lists of en...
FEPMD_Data_20241209.tab Dec 13, 2024 - Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1790 & 1807 Tabular Data - 86.9 KB - 33 Variables, 384 Observations - UNF:6:LAJodFihwOrTqjEgs0GZkg== Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, MD Data
FEPMD_Documentation_20241118.tab Dec 13, 2024 - Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1790 & 1807 Tabular Data - 2.3 KB - 2 Variables, 31 Observations - UNF:6:2ar9nfjfqCWgRShgCk+ekA== Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, MD Documentation
Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland, 1745-1800 Dec 13, 2024 Vermette, Kyle R., 2024, "Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland, 1745-1800", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FABNPT, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:x2AwNzwVEKf/InQlmIAkyA== [fileUNF] "Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland" contains information about the escape attempts of 1242 unique enslaved persons who resided in Maryland between 1745 and 1800; it also incorporates information regarding the enslavers who attempted to remand these escapees to slavery by placing fugitive slave advertisements in newspapers. Principally...
FSRMD_Data_20241009.tab Dec 13, 2024 - Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland, 1745-1800 Tabular Data - 128.9 KB - 13 Variables, 1292 Observations - UNF:6:f4kA4pnEJsrO/p5qc6yB8w== "Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland" data
FSRMD_Documentation_20241009.tab Dec 13, 2024 - Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland, 1745-1800 Tabular Data - 1.2 KB - 3 Variables, 13 Observations - UNF:6:17/90CSy9s12kiqVjU5Qdw== "Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland" documentation
Enslaved & Free African Americans in Antebellum Frederick, Maryland Dec 13, 2024 McCoy, Gabrielle, 2024, "Enslaved & Free African Americans in Antebellum Frederick, Maryland", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TVLIMU, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:s8AgCz5RWBzCHvNdLNN+TA== [fileUNF] This dataset contains information about 2,280 people who lived in Frederick, Maryland (including Frederick City) between 1785 to 1841. The information about enslaved, freed, or liminal status persons is drawn from the family records, deeds of manumission, bills of sale, and runaway advertisements of three prominent slave owning families: the McPher...
FBAFM_Data_20240917.tab Dec 13, 2024 - Enslaved & Free African Americans in Antebellum Frederick, Maryland Tabular Data - 856.5 KB - 19 Variables, 2293 Observations - UNF:6:s8AgCz5RWBzCHvNdLNN+TA== "Enslaved & Free African Americans in Antebellum Frederick, MD" Data

MMWS_Data_20240917.tab

Dec 13, 2024 - Manumissions on Maryland’s Western Shore, 1775-1785

Tabular Data - 66.1 KB - 15 Variables, 623 Observations -

Manumissions on Maryland’s Western Shore data

MMWS_Documentation_20241210.pdf

Dec 13, 2024 - Manumissions on Maryland’s Western Shore, 1775-1785

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Manumissions on Maryland’s Western Shore documentation

Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1790 & 1807

Dec 13, 2024

Bollinger, Heather; Kerr, Molly, 2024, "Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1790 & 1807", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4RAKTV, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:lToNvV37x0k1mYKUhQv66w== [fileUNF]

Regarded by early Georgetown historians and residents as one of the wealthiest men in Maryland during the colonial and early American periods, Robert Peter enslaved hundreds of people in Montgomery County, Maryland, during his lifetime and left a legacy of enslavement continued by his children. This dataset contains information from two lists of en...

FEPMD_Data_20241209.tab

Dec 13, 2024 - Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1790 & 1807

Tabular Data - 86.9 KB - 33 Variables, 384 Observations -

Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, MD Data

FEPMD_Documentation_20241118.tab

Dec 13, 2024 - Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1790 & 1807

Tabular Data - 2.3 KB - 2 Variables, 31 Observations -

Families Enslaved to the Peters in Montgomery County, MD Documentation

Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland, 1745-1800

Dec 13, 2024

Vermette, Kyle R., 2024, "Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland, 1745-1800", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FABNPT, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:x2AwNzwVEKf/InQlmIAkyA== [fileUNF]

"Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland" contains information about the escape attempts of 1242 unique enslaved persons who resided in Maryland between 1745 and 1800; it also incorporates information regarding the enslavers who attempted to remand these escapees to slavery by placing fugitive slave advertisements in newspapers. Principally...

FSRMD_Data_20241009.tab

Dec 13, 2024 - Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland, 1745-1800

Tabular Data - 128.9 KB - 13 Variables, 1292 Observations -

"Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland" data

FSRMD_Documentation_20241009.tab

Dec 13, 2024 - Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland, 1745-1800

Tabular Data - 1.2 KB - 3 Variables, 13 Observations -

"Flights from Slavery in Revolutionary Maryland" documentation

Enslaved & Free African Americans in Antebellum Frederick, Maryland

Dec 13, 2024

McCoy, Gabrielle, 2024, "Enslaved & Free African Americans in Antebellum Frederick, Maryland", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TVLIMU, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:s8AgCz5RWBzCHvNdLNN+TA== [fileUNF]

This dataset contains information about 2,280 people who lived in Frederick, Maryland (including Frederick City) between 1785 to 1841. The information about enslaved, freed, or liminal status persons is drawn from the family records, deeds of manumission, bills of sale, and runaway advertisements of three prominent slave owning families: the McPher...

FBAFM_Data_20240917.tab

Dec 13, 2024 - Enslaved & Free African Americans in Antebellum Frederick, Maryland

Tabular Data - 856.5 KB - 19 Variables, 2293 Observations -

"Enslaved & Free African Americans in Antebellum Frederick, MD" Data

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