Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

William Mitchel (b. circa 1759 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-050636
War of 1812 Escaped Slave, Calvert County, Maryland, 1814

Sources:

Archival Sources -

Calvert County District 3, Simon J. Martenet, Map of Calvert County, 1860, Library of Congress, MSA SC 1213-1-117. Maryland State Archives.

Claim of Ann Dare, Case 560. 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 Dr. John Dare, Case 606. 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 Susannah and Juliet Rawlings, Case 557. 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, College Park.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for John Dare, 1800, Calvert County, All Saints Parish, Page 5, 10th line from bottom [MSA SM61-25, M 2054-4].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for John Dare, 1810, Calvert County, All Saints Parish, Page 4, 16th line from bottom [MSA SM61-45, M 2060-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Zachariah Sothoron, 1810, Charles County, Page 3b, Line 11 [MSA SM61-48, M 2060-4].

Books -

Stephen Budiansky. Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

Bullard, Mary R. Cumberland Island: A History. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2003.

Whitfield, Harvey Amani. Blacks on the Border: The Black Refugees in British North America, 1815-1860. Lebanon, NH: University of Vermont Press, 2006.

Internet Sources -

"Black Refugees, 1813-1834." African Nova Scotians: in the Age of Slavery and Abolition. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/.

"Halifax List." African Nova Scotians: in the Age of Slavery and Abolition. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/.

"A List of People of Colour Settled at Preston." African Nova Scotians: in the Age of Slavery and Abolition. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/.

"Report of lands cleared by the people of colour in the settlement of Preston..." African Nova Scotians: in the Age of Slavery and Abolition. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/.

"Return of the distribution of twenty-five pounds granted by the...House of Assembly for relief of poor coloured people at Preston." African Nova Scotians: in the Age of Slavery and Abolition. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/.

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