Through the Tax Assessor's Eyes: Enslaved People, Free Blacks and Slaveholders in Early Nineteenth Century Baltimore [Maryland]

by Noreen J Goodson and Donna Tyler Hollie

Based primarily upon the original tax assessor ledgers for 1813 and 1818 housed at the Baltimore City Archives, this work identifies all free blacks and slave owners in Baltimore by name, race, address, occupation, names/ages of slaves owned (if any), and sometimes by nationality and other particulars. The authors have supplemented the information found in the tax ledgers with data from city directories, census records, and books and journal articles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806358580
• ISBN13: 9780806358581
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Clearfield
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"