Archives of Maryland
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Ralph Jackson (b. circa 1796 - d. after 1823)
MSA SC 5496-014966
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

Claim of Charles John Carroll, Case 612. Case Files, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828, documenting the period ca. 1814 - ca. 1828. *ARC Identifier 1174160 / MLR Number PI 177 190*. National Archives, College Park.

Claim of John K. Jackson, Saint Mary's County, Case No. 835, Case Files, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828, documenting the period ca. 1814 - ca. 1828. *ARC Identifier 1174160 / MLR Number PI 177 190*. National Archives, College Park.

Definitive List of Slaves and Property/, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828/ *ARC Identifier 1174162 / MLR Number PI 177 192*. National Archives at College Park.

ST. MARY'S COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX, (Assessment Record, Slaves), 1813, [MSA C1544-32]. John K. Jackson, April 6, 1813.

ST. MARY'S COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX, (Assessment Record, Slaves), 1813, [MSA C1544-32]. Mary Jackson, March 17, 1813.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) John K. Jackson, 1810, St. Mary's County, Page 23b, last line [MSA SM61-56, M 2061-3].

Books -

Dudley, William S., ed. The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History. Vol. 2. Washington, D.C.: Naval History Center, 1992.

Heidler, David S. and Jeanne T. Heidler. Encyclopedia of the War of 1812. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997.

Malcomson, Robert. Historical Dictionary of the War of 1812. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2006.

Weiss, John McNish. The Merikens: Free Black American Settlers in Trinidad 1815-1816. London, UK: McNish & Weiss, 2002.

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