Provides  interesting  insights  into  the  lives  and  experiences  of black  Baltimorians  during  a  critical  phase  of Maryland's history.
Clayton, Ralph.   1993.  Slaves,  Slaveholding and the Free Black
Population of Ante Bellum Baltimore.  Bowie:  Heritage Books, Inc.
Discusses  the  conflicts  between  slaveholders  and  free  black people  in  Baltimore  and  the  effort  to  colonize  Maryland's  free black   population.
Graham,  Leroy.   1982.  Baltimore:  Nineteenth Century Black  Capital. Washington, D.C.:  I Tniversity Press of America.
Study shows how Baltimore became a mecca of hope for black people  in  the region.
Hall, James.  1859. An Address to the Free People of Color of the State of Maryland, by James Hall, General Agent of The Maryland  State Colonization  Society.  Baltimore:  John D.  The Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore,  Maryland.