Presents  laws  in early  Maryland that govern and regulate the lives of slaves and free people of color.
Hail, Robert.   1989. Atlantic Slave Trade Revisited: The Case of Maryland.   Baltimore:   University   of Maryland  Baltimore County.
Examines Maryland's  role  in the  Atlantic  slave trade, particularly  in the building  of slave trips.
Lee, Jean Butenhoff,  1996.  "The Problem of Slave Community in the Eighteeth Century Chesapeake."  The William and Mary Quarterly,   43(3);   333-361.
Discusses   the   struggle   between  abolitionists  and  slave   holders in   18th  century   Maryland.
Lewis, Ronald C.  1979. Coal, Iron and Slaves: Industrial Slavery in
Maryland  and  Virginia,   17151865.   Westport;   Greenwood  Press.
Tackles the  little  known area of industrial  slavery.