Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Benjamin Ross (b. circa 1787 - d. 1871)
MSA SC 5496-8445
Accomplice to slave flight, 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


Books -

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

McGowan, James A. Station Master on the Underground Railroad: The Life and Letters of Thomas Garrett. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2005. 

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


Internet Sources -

Bradford, Sarah H. Harriet, The Moses of Her People. New York: Geo. R. Lockwood and Son, 1886.


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