Rachael Davis (b. circa 1822 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-047815
Escaped from the Rockville District, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1845

Sources:

Archival Sources -

Montgomery County District 4, Simon J. Martenet, Martenet and Bond's Map of Montgomery County, 1865, Library of Congress, [MSA SC 1213-1-464]. The Huntingfield Map Collection.

U.S. Census Bureau, (Census Record, MD), 1850, Social Statistics, [MSA Citation: S1184-6]. Social Statistics for the Fourth Rockville Election District.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Alexr. F. Boswell, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Rockville District, Page 6, Line 25 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Rachel Davis, 1880, Montgomery County, Sandy Spring, District 119, Page 3, Line 39 [MSA SM61-324, M 4748-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Rachel Davis, 1900, Montgomery County, Wheaton, District 65, Page 2, Line 57 [MSA SM61-416, M 2386-2].

Newspapers and Journals -

"$50 Reward." Maryland Journal. 16 July 1845: 3. MSA SC 3839, Reel M 7933. Maryland State Archives.

"Cash in Market." Maryland Jounal. 17 July 1844: 4. MSA SC 4080, Reel M 793. Maryland State Archives.

"Cure of Bone Felon." Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Vol. 43. New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1871.

Books -

Cassidy, Frederic Gomes. Dictionary of American Regional English. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985.

Da Costa, John Chalmers. A Manual of Modern Surgery. Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders, 1894.

Franklin, John Hope, and Loren Schweninger. Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Gorgas, F.J.S., ed. The American Journal of Dental Science. Vol. 5, No. 7. Third Series. Baltimore, MD: Snowden and Cowman, 1871.

Meaders, Daniel. Advertisements for Runaway Slaves in Virginia, 1801-1820. Studies in American History and Culture. London: Routledge, 1997.

Ricks, Mary Kay. Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad. New York, NY: William Morrow, 2007.

Weld, Theodore Dwight. American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. New York, NY: American Antislavery Society, 1839.

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