Case Studies
Ridgely Compound of Hampton Towson Notes
By Dr. David Taft Terry
Archival Sources:
Baltimore County Court (Certificates of Freedom) 1830-1832, MSA C 290-2, MdHR 40,131-2
Baltimore County Court (Certificates of Freedom) 1832-1841, MSA C 290-3, MdHR 40,131-3
Baltimore County Court (Certificates of Freedom) 1841-1847, MSA C 290-4, MdHR 40,131-4
Baltimore County Jail (County Docket) 1827-1832, MSA C 2052-1, MdHR 6654-1
Baltimore County Jail (Runaway Docket) 1831-1832, MSA C 2063-1, MdHR 6797-1
Baltimore City and County Jail (Runaway Docket) 1836-1850, MSA CM 1352
Baltimore City Jail (Runaway Docket) 1854-1864, MSA C 2065-1, MdHR 6799-2
Baltimore County Registry of Wills (Inventories) 1828-1829, MSA C 340-38, MdHR 11,690
Baltimore County Registry of Wills (Inventories) 1829-1830, MSA C 340-39, MdHR 11691
US Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) 1830, Baltimore County, MSA M 67-1, MdHR SM 61-84
US Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) 1840, Baltimore County, MSA M 4716, MdHR SM 61-102
US Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) 1850, Baltimore County, MSA M 1483, MdHR SM 61-130
US Census Bureau (Census Record, MD), Slaves, BA, 1850, MSA M 1504-3, MdHR SM 61-158
US Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) 1860, Baltimore County, MSA M 7212, MdHR SM 61-189
US Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) 1860, Slaves, BA, 1860, MSA M 7229-4, MdHR SM 61-228
Journals:
Lancaster, Kent. "Chattel Slavery at Hampton/Northampton, Baltimore County." The Maryland Historical Magazine
95, 4 (Winter 2000), 409-428.
Special Thanks:
The Maryland State Archives, "Beneath the Underground: The Flight to Freedom and Communities in Antebellum Maryland," would like to thank and acknowledge Dr. Kent Lancaster, volunteer at Hampton Plantation, for sharing his research findings on the Ridgely Coumpound at Hampton. His research and interpretations proved very helpful in the construction of this essay.