Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Josephine Webb (b. 1841 - d. 1867)
MSA SC 5496-002965
Poisoned her owner, Caroline County, Maryland, 1855
 

Sources:


Archival Sources -

The State of Maryland vs. Josephine Webb, negro slave. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Minutes), 1852-1861, October Term 1855.

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoner Record), 1811-1869, October 1855 (#4943).

Newspapers and Journals -

"A Case of Poisoning," Baltimore Sun, 13 July, 1855.

"Distressing Homicide," Baltimore Sun, 18 July, 1855.

"Affairs in Caroline County," Baltimore Sun, 8 October, 1855.


Books -

Cochrane, Laura. History of Caroline County. Baltimore, MD: Regional Publishing Company, 1971. pp. 139-140.


Internet Sources -

Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, Slave Schedule, Caroline County, Maryland, p. 5.

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