Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Lewis Swams (b. circa 1822 - d. 1862)
MSA SC 5496-047813
Enslaved in Berrys District, Montgomery County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS (Slave Statistics), [MSA CM750-1].

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY, (Prisoner Record), 1811-1869, [SE65-5]. Lewis Swan [sic], Page 59.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, CIRCUIT COURT, (Docket), 1851-1870, [C1204-21]. Lewis Swams, Page 68.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, CIRCUIT COURT, (Minutes), 04/1862, [C1267-21]. State of Maryland vs. Lewis Swams, April 11, 1862. Page 18.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, (Census Record, MD), 1860, Agriculture, [MSA S1184-7]. D.W. Canby, 5th District, Line 18.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Francis M. Bowie, Slaves, 1860, Prince George's County, Marlborough District, Page 29, Line 22 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Deborah W. Canby, Slaves, 1860, Montgomery County, Berrys District, Page 9, Line 11 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for B.O. Mullikin, Slaves, 1860, Anne Arundel County, District 4, Page 2, Line 9 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Isaac Scaggs, Slaves, 1860, Prince George's County, Vansville District, Page 9, Line 37 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2]. The list of Scagg's slaves is continued on the top of the second page.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Alexander Pendleton, 1860, Montgomery County, District 5, Page 20, Line 8 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

Newspapers and Journals -

"The Slaves in Prince George's County, MD." Baltimore Sun 8 April 1862: 1.

"Abolition of Slavery in the District." Baltimore Sun 17 April 1862: 4.


Books -

Salinger, Julius L. and Frederick J. Kalteyer. Modern Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders, 1900.

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


Internet Sources -

“Edema.” Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary. Edition 5, 1998. Page 2, D64. Health and Wellness Resource Center. Anne Arundel County Public Library. http://find.galegroup.com.

Estes, J. Worth. "Dropsy." The Cambridge World History of Human Disease. Kenneth F. Kiple, ed. Cambridge University Press, 1993. Cambridge Histories Online. http://histories.cambridge.org.

Wright, Kathleen D. "Edema." The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Jacqueline L. Longe, ed. 3rd ed. 5 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2006. http://find.galegroup.com.


 

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