Harriet "Rit" Ross (b. circa 1787 - d. 1880)
MSA SC 5496-8444
Fled from slavery, Caroline County, Maryland, 1857

Sources:

Archival Sources -

DORCHESTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Chattel Records), Bill of Sale for Ritty, FJH 2, p 163, MSA C692-2.

DORCHESTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Equity Papers) Gourney Pattison, et al. v. Eliza Brodess, et al, 1829-1842, MSA T2318-2.

Books -

Larson, Kate Clifford. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 2004.

Still, William. Underground Rail Road: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, etc.  Philadelphia: Porter & Coales, 1872.

Internet Sources -

Bradford, Sarah H. Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. Auburn: W.J. Moses, Printer, 1869.

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