Provides a first hand account of life as a free black and a slave in   colonial   Maryland.
Pickens, William.   1991. Bursting Bonds: The Heir of Slaves. Bloomington:   Indiana  University  Press.
Picken's  autobiography citing his  rise  from the heir of slaves  to a prominent  Black  civil  rights  leader and educator.
6.     Masterfs   Theses   and   Doctoral   Dissertations
Aidt, Anita Louise.   1980.   "Ambulant Maryland:  Abolitionist Activity During  The  Revolutionary  Period."  M.A.  Thesis,  Georgetown, University.
Explores  Maryland's  dilemma  of advocating  freedom  while  its economy  depended  heavily  on  the  continuance  of slavery.
Blondo, Richard Albert.  1988. "Samuel Green: A Black Life In Antebellum  Maryland."   Master's  Thesis:   University  of Maryland.