From Sunrise to Sunset: Beneath the Underground Interns' Essays on Slave Life in Maryland
Part of the internship program at the Maryland State Archives was structured towards original research on how ex-slaves depicted their lives in Maryland before they became free. The following series of essays are the result of the interns' study.



Work and Leisure (Notes)
by Rhiannon Theurer

1. John Thompson, The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave; Containing His History of 25 Years in Bondage, and His Providential Escape. Written by Himself, (Worcester: John Thompson, 1856), 57. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/thompson/menu.html © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

2. Amanda Smith, An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist. Containing an Account of Her Life Work of Faith, and Her Travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an Independent Missionary, (Chicago: Meyer, 1893), 22. © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

3. Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom (New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1855), 83. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/douglass55/menu.html © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

4. Charles Ball. Slavery In The United States (New York: John S. Taylor, 1837), 21. © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

5. Thompson, 17.

6. Douglass, 70.

7. James Watkins, Narrative of the Life of James Watkins, Formerly a "Chattel" in Maryland, U. S.; Containing an Account of His Escape from Slavery, Together with an Appeal on Behalf of Three Millions of Such "Pieces of Property," Still Held Under the Standard of the Eagle, (Bolton, Eng.: Kenyon and Abbatt, 1852), 7. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/watkin52/menu.html © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

8. Jacob D. Green, Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky, Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848, (Huddersfield, Eng.: Henry Fielding, 1864), 5; Josiah Henson, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, As Narrated by Himself. Ed. Samuel A. Eliot. (Boston: A. D. Phelps, 1849), 6. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/greenjd/menu.html © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

9. Douglass, 62.

10. Smith, 22.

11. Samuel Ringgold Ward, Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: His Anti-slavery Labours in the United States, Canada and England, (London: John Snow, 1855), 14. © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

12. Thompson, 74.

13. Douglass, 231.

14. Henson, 18.

15. Green, 20.

16. Ibid., 14.

17. Ibid., 8.

18. Ball, 116.

19. Douglass, 72.

20. John W. Blassingame, The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979), 186.

21. Douglass, 188.

22. Thompson, 75.

23. Watkins, 8.

24. Henson, 6.

25. Davis, 10.

26. Douglass, 126.

27. Watkins, 9.

28. Henson, 19.

29. Ibid., 24.

30. Pennington does not mention if these experiments were for sale or intended for a darker purpose.

31. James W. C. Pennington, The Fugitive Blacksmith; or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States. (London: Charles Gilpin, 1849), 8.http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/penning49/menu.html © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

32. William Green, Narrative of Events in the Life of William Green, (Formerly a Slave.) Written by Himself, (Springfield, MA: L. M. Guernsey, 1853), 8. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/greenw/menu.html © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

33. Noah Davis, A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Colored Man. Written by Himself, at the Age of Fifty-Four, (Baltimore: J. F. Weishampel, Jr., 1859), 30.

34. Amanda Smith, 18.

35. James W. C. Pennington, 8.

36. James Watkins, 21.

37. Noah Davis, 18.

38. Amanda Smith, 19, 22.

39. Elizabeth, Memoir of Old Elizabeth, a Coloured Woman. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/eliza1/menu.html © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.(Philadelphia: Collins, 1863), 3.

40. Josiah Henson, 10.

41. John Thompson, 19.

42. Leonard Black, The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery. Written by Himself. (New Bedford: Benjamin Lindsey, 1847), 18-9. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/black/menu.html © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

43. Frederick Douglass, 155.

44. Noah Davis, 17.

45. Frederick Douglass, 171.

46. Noah Davis, 33.

47. Frederick Douglass, 268.

48. Jacob D. Green, 8.

49. John Thompson, 19.

50. Frederick Douglass, 252.

51. John Thompson, 76.

52. James Williams, Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave, with a Full Description of the Underground Railroad, (San Francisco: Women's Union, 1873), 14.http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/williams/menu.html © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

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