Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Charles Parker (b. 1810 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-10591
Fled from slavery, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1839

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Archival Sources:

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT (Chattel Records) MSA C49, David M. Brogden, p 448, 1829-1838, WSG 1, 945, MSA C 49-1, Location: 1/1/8/3.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT (Chattel Records) MSA C49, David M. Brogden, p 179, 1838-1845, WSG 2, 949, MSA C 49-2, Location: 1/1/8/4.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS (Slave Statistics) MSA C142, David M. Brogden, 1864, 4748,  MSA C 142-1, Location: 1/3/10/40.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Inventories) MSA C88, William Brogden, p 337, 1823-1826, THH 3, i, 13,811-1, MSA C 88-16, Location: 1/3/12/41.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, William Brogden, 1830,  p 71, AA, M 65-2, MSA SM 61-82.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, David M. Brogden, 1830,  p 72, AA, M 65-2, MSA SM 61-82.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, William Brogden, 1840, p 121, AA, M 4711, MSA SM 61-97.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, David M. Brogden, 1840, p 129, AA, M 4711, MSA SM 61-97.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) MSA SM61, David M. Brogden, 1850 Slave Schedule, AA, M 1504-2, MSA SM 61-156.



Print Sources:

Daughters of the American Revolution, Marlborough Towne Chapter, Tombstone Inscriptions of Southern Anne Arundel County, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1971, Call no.: 0418, L11144, Location: REF A-2-1.

John W. Powell, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Marriage Records 1777 - 1877, Anne Arundel Genealogical Society, Pasadena, MD, 1991, Call no.: 0410, L27105, Location: REF A-1-3.

Jonathan Katz, Resistance at Christiana: the Fugitive Slave Rebellion, Christiana, Pennslyvania, September 11, 1851 (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974).

William Parker, "The Freedman's Story in Two Parts," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XVII, February 1866 p. 152-66 and Vol. XVIII, March 1866 p. 276-95.



Electronic Sources:

Stephanie Anderson, "Resistance at Christiana," Central PA Magazine, February 2002.
http://www.centralpa.org/feb%202002/3christiana.html

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South, "William Parker," April 4, 2002.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/parker/menu.html



 
 

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