Archives of Maryland
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James Curtis (b. circa 1783 - d. circa 1850)
MSA SC 5496-015163
Accomplice to slave flight, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1834

Sources

Archival Sources -

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Laws), 1826-1827. Acts of 1826, Chapter 229, Section 9.

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY, (Prisoner Record), 1830-1840. James Curtis, Prisoner Number 2642, Page 12.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, CIRCUIT COURT, (Minutes), 1801-1845, [MSA Citation: T413-2]. State of Maryland vs. James Curtis.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Estate Record), 1842-1844, Film Reel: CR 39626-1, [CM740-24]. Will of Thomas Scott, 1843.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Estate Record), 1835-1837, Film Reel: CR 39624-1, [CM740-20]. Will of John L. Trundle, 1836.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS, (Wills), 1858-1872, Film Reel: CR 43-3, [CM756-2]. Will of Lloyd Dorsey, 1860.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Lyde Griffith, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Clarksburg District, Page 2, Line 1 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for John T. Veirs, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Medleys District, Page 3, Line 32 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for William D. Poole, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Medleys District, Page 7, Line 33 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) William Selman, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 18, Line 39 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Elisha Etchinson, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Clarksburg District, Page 3, Line 3 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

Books –

Berlin, Ira. Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South. New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1974.

Brantly, William T. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Maryland and in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland, from First Harris & McHenry's Reports to First Maryland Reports. Baltimore, MD: M. Curlander, 1884.

Goodfellow, S. J. Lectures on Diseases of the Kidney, Generally Known as "Bright's Disease;" and Dropsy. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1861.

Hynson, Jerry M. Free African-Americans in Maryland 1832. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 1998.

Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Baltimore City and County From the Earliest Period to the Present Day. Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881.

Shugg, Wallace. A Monument to Good Intentions: The Story of the Maryland Penitentiary, 1804 – 1995. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 2000.

Varle, Charles. A Complete View of Baltimore with a Statistical Sketch. Baltimore, MD: Samuel Young, 1833.


Newspapers and Journals -

Punishment & Society: The International Journal of Penology 4.1 (2002): 126-128.

Internet Sources –

1840 U.S. Federal Census Record (DC) for James Curtis, Washington, D.C., Ward 2, Page 50, Line 8. The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Ancestry.com.

"Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services." Maryland Manuel On-Line: A Guide to Maryland Government. Maryland State Archives. http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/22dpscs/html/dpscsf.html.

Melville, Patricia V. "Chattel Records." The Archivists' Bulldog 9 (14 Nov. 1995). Maryland State Archives. http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/bulldog/bull95/html/bull9-32.html.

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