Resources on the Trans-Atlantic Human Trade in Charles County, Maryland
Disclaimer:
The content of these documents provides details of the Middle Passage, specific vessels transporting captive Africans, the arrival of these people, and the ubiquity of slavery. The following resources include racist language as well as references to violence, dehumanization, and the enslavement of Africans. The language contained in the following documents may be upsetting to some readers.
Books and Literature
Newspaper Articles and Colonial Documents
Maps
Further Reading
A Guide to the History of Slavery in Maryland
Southern Maryland History: Through Ebony Eyes
The Importation of African Slaves to the Potomac River, 1732-1772
Flight to Freedom: Slavery and the Underground Railroad in Maryland
Once Was Not Enough: Founding and Finding Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland
Beneath the Underground: The Flight to Freedom and Communities in Antebellum Maryland
The Maryland Slave Population, 1658 to 1730: A Demographic Profile of Blacks in Four Counties