Baltimore
City Freedom Records |
This e-book of a reel of Baltimore City Archives security microfilm contains six volumes inventoried in 1937 by the Historical Records Survey of the Works Progress Administration (HRS). The titles reflect the labels placed on the volumes by the HRS:
Negroes Manumitted, 1806-1816, images 1-11
Negroes Manumitted, & Born Free, 1820-1840, images 340-454
Negores Manumitted, 1830-1832, images 12-154
Negroes Manumitted, 1841-1847, images 155-265
Negroes Manumitted, 1852-1858, images 266-339
Negroes Born Free, 1857-1864, images 455-506
Also available to download for educational and research purposes (not publication) is a pdf of the whole reel, bca_sm230.pdf.
Secondary Sources to consult when using these records:
Freedom's Port: The African American Community of Baltimore, 1790-1860 by Christopher Phillips (1997)
Baltimore
City Freedom Records |