Archives of Maryland
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Ephraim Edmonson (b. circa 1818 - d. circa 1890)
MSA SC 5496-47820
Fled from slavery, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1848

Sources:

Newspapers and Journals -

Paynter H, John. "The Fugitives of the Pearl." The Journal of Negro History 1 (1916): 243-64.

Books -

Clayton, Ralph. Cash For Blood:  The Baltimore to New Orleans Domestic Slave Trade. Bowie, MD, Heritage Books, Inc., 2002.

Pacheco, Josephine F. The Pearl: a failed slave escape on the Potomac. UNC Press, 2005

Ricks, Mary Kay. Escape on the Pearl. New York: HarperCollins, 2007.

Internet Sources -

1860 U.S. Federal Census Record for Ephraim Edmunds, Ward 1, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll  M653_102; Page: 243; Image: 35; Family History Library Film: 803102. Ancestry.com.

1870 U.S. Federal Census Record for Ephraim Edmundson, Washington, District of Columbia, Washington Ward 1, Page 152, Line 17. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Ancestry.com.

1880 U.S. Federal Census Record for E. Edmundson, Washington, District of Columbia, District 45, Page 29, Line 38. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Ancestry.com.

Boyd's Directory of the District of Columbia 1880, Page 133. Ancestry.com.

Boyd's Directory of the District of Columbia 1882, Page 142. Ancestry.com.

Boyd's Directory of the District of Columbia 1884, Page 171. Ancestry.com.

Boyd's Directory of the District of Columbia 1886, Page 166. Ancestry.com.

Boyd's Directory of the District of Columbia 1890, Page 187. Ancestry.com.

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