This is the beginning of a collection of references to African Americans found in this area.   Their research is even more difficult if not impossible at times.   As references are found, please forward them so they may be added to this site; credits to submitters will be acknowledged.   This effort will need lots of assistance from all to become a helpful resource.   If you can help and have data to share, please email me.

Do Search on Main Page on the surname or "Slave" or "Negro" for more listings on the whole MidMdRoots website.

• Slaves Listed in
  • Maryland Slave Documents
  • Maryland Wills
  • Chancery Court Docket Index
  • Chancery Court Abstracts
  • Frederick Co - Equity Court
  • Washington Co - Equity Court
  • Frederick & Montgomery Co - Land Records

• African American Land Owners
  • Frederick County - 1825 Tax List
  • Carroll County - 1837 Tax List

• Frederick Co Manumissions - 1748-1867
• Frederick Co - Slave Statistics - 1868
• Carroll Co - Manumissions & Statistics - 1836-1869
• Washington Co - Certificates of Freedom
  • 1806-1834 (page down to download pdf file)
  • 1834-1862 (page down to download pdf file)

• Frederick County
  
  • Laboring Sons Cemetery, Frederick
  • Catoctin Furnace African American Cemetery
  • John Wesley Church Cemetery - Libertytown
  • Miscellaneous Burials
  • African American Graveyards (FrederickRoots.com)
  • Deaths & Burial Notices
    (From Page 1, Press Diagonal Arrows to view pdf)
    (Name, age, cemetery and newspaper/date only)

• Carroll County
  
  • BEAL - Fisher Family, Westminster Cemetery
  • St John's Catholic, Westminster

• Washington County
  
  • Halfway African American Cemetery - Hagerstown
  • Red Hill Cemetery - Keedysville

• Montgomery County
  
  • Moses Macedonia African Cemetery

• Baltimore City & County
  
  • Mount Auburn Cemetery - Baltimore City
  • Moses Morningstar Cemetery - Cabin John

  
  

• Frederick Examiner
• Frederick News

• Hagerstown Herald of Freedom
• Slaves & Free African Americans in
  Washington & Allegany Counties - 1790-1864

• Visitors Center
• Nationl Historical Park
• Underground Railroad
• Underground Railroad Byway

• Legacy of Slavery in Maryland from MSA

• Ex-Slave Narratives in Maryland from Library of Congress

• AFRIGENEAS
  (Menu is at top border of website)

• Maryland's Underground Railroad Network