Archives of Maryland
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Benjamin Thomas (b. ? - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-5934
Fled from slavery, Queen Anne's County, 1848

Sources:


Archival Sources -

BALTIMORE CITY JAIL (Runaway Docket), Ann Thomas, 1848. Docket No. 1245. [MSA C2065-2].

BALTIMORE CITY JAIL (Runaway Docket), Dick Simmons, 1848. Docket No. 1243. [MSA C2065-2].

BALTIMORE CITY JAIL (Runaway Docket), Henry Murray, 1848. Docket No. 1242. [MSA C2065-2].

BALTIMORE CITY JAIL (Runaway Docket), Nelly Simmons, 1848. Docket No. 1244. [MSA C2065-2].

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Laws, Original, 1847), Ch. 309. [MSA S966-318].
Also available at Archives of Maryland Online: www.aomol.net Vol. 612, Page 387.

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers), Ann Thomas, Nolle Prosequi, 1848. Box 44, Folder 73. [MSA S1031-6].

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers), Benjamin Thomas, Nolle Prosequi, 1848. Box 44, Folder 74. [MSA S1031-6].

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers), Benjamin Thomas, Pardon, 1848. Box 44, Folder 52. [MSA S1031-6].

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers), Henry Murray, Nolle Prosequi, 1848. Box 44, Folder 75. [MSA S1031-6].

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Record), Ann Thomas, Nolle Prosequi, 24 October 1848, p.41. [MSA S1108-2].

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Record), Benjamin Thomas, Nolle Prosequi, 27 October 1848, p.43. [MSA S1108-2].

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Record), Benjamin Thomas, Pardon, 23 December 1848, p.46. [MSA S1108-2].

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Record), Henry Murray, Nolle Prosequi, 1 November 1848, p.42. [MSA S1108-2].

TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Criminal Record), Benjamin Thomas, November Term 1848, p.72-80. [MSA C1857-16].


Newspapers and Journals - 

"The Talbot Slave Abductors". The Baltimore Sun.12 December 1848.


Books -

Clayton, Ralph. Cash for Blood: The Baltimore to New Orleans Domestic Slave Trade. Bowie, MD: Heritage, 2002.
 
 


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