Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
Christopher "Kit"
Anthony (b. circa 1822 - d. 1900)
MSA SC 5496-8023
Fled from slavery, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1857
Sources:
Archival Sources -
U.S.
CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record,
MD), Samuel Pattison, 1850, p 26, Dorchester, 7th Election District, M
4723-1, MSA SM 61-114.
DORCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Assessment
Record)
for Samuel Pattison, 1852-1910 C687, Election District 7, p. 161.
Newspapers and Journals -
"Fourteen
Head of Negroes", 26 October, 1857.
$3,100
Reward, Baltimore Sun, 28 October 1857.
"More
Runaways," Easton
Star, 4 November 1857.
"Relief
of Fugitive Slaves
in Canada," The Liberator, 25 October, 1861.
Books -
Still,
William. Underground Rail Road: A Record of Facts, Authentic
Narratives,
Letters, etc. Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coales, Publishers,
1871.
Larson, Kate Clifford. Bound for the Promised Land:
Harriet Tubman,
Portrait of an American Hero. Ballantine Books: New York, NY,
2004.
Internet
Sources -
Ancestry.com.
1861 Census of Canada, St. Catharine's, Lincoln County, District 4, p.
56.
Ancestry.com. 1870
United States Federal Census. Elmira, Chemung County, NY, Ward 3, p. 44.
Ancestry.com. 1880 United
States Federal Census. Philadelphia, PA, District 104, p. 13.
Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, Pennyslvania, Death Certificates Index,
1803-1915, "Morris Anthony".
Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index,
1803-1915, "Christopher Anthony".
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