Ridgely Compound of
Hampton
Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland
by, Dr David Taft Terry
Sources
Archival Sources:
Baltimore County Court (Certificates
of Freedom) 1830-1832, MSA C 290-2, MdHR 40,131-2
Baltimore County Court (Certificates
of Freedom) 1832-1841, MSA C 290-3, MdHR 40,131-3
Baltimore County Court (Certificates
of Freedom) 1841-1847, MSA C 290-4, MdHR 40,131-4
Baltimore County Jail (County
Docket) 1827-1832, MSA C 2052-1, MdHR 6654-1
Baltimore County Jail (Runaway
Docket) 1831-1832, MSA C 2063-1, MdHR 6797-1
Baltimore City and County Jail
(Runaway Docket) 1836-1850, MSA CM 1352
Baltimore City Jail (Runaway
Docket) 1854-1864, MSA C 2065-1, MdHR 6799-2
Baltimore County Registry of
Wills (Inventories) 1828-1829, MSA C 340-38, MdHR 11,690
Baltimore County Registry of
Wills (Inventories) 1829-1830, MSA C 340-39, MdHR 11691
US Census Bureau
(Census Record, MD) 1830, Baltimore County, MSA M 67-1, MdHR SM 61-84
US Census Bureau (Census Record,
MD) 1840, Baltimore County, MSA M 4716, MdHR SM 61-102
US Census Bureau (Census Record,
MD) 1850, Baltimore County, MSA M 1483, MdHR SM 61-130
US Census Bureau (Census Record,
MD), Slaves, BA, 1850, MSA M 1504-3, MdHR SM 61-158
US Census Bureau (Census Record,
MD) 1860, Baltimore County, MSA M 7212, MdHR SM 61-189
US Census Bureau (Census Record,
MD) 1860, Slaves, BA, 1860, MSA M 7229-4, MdHR SM 61-228
Journals:
Lancaster, Kent. "Chattel Slavery
at Hampton/Northampton, Baltimore County." The Maryland Historical Magazine
95, 4 (Winter 2000), 409-428.
Special Thanks:
The Maryland State Archives,
"Beneath the Underground: The Flight to Freedom and Communities in Antebellum
Maryland," would like to thank and acknowledge Dr. Kent Lancaster, volunteer
at Hampton Plantation, for sharing his research findings on the Ridgely
Coumpound at Hampton. His research and interpretations proved very helpful
in the construction of this essay.
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