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Slavery -- Maryland

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Tilghman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2600
Abstract

This collection spans five generations of the Richard Tilghman family of the Gross' Coate estate in Talbot County, Maryland. The papers, mostly correspondence, are divided into subgroups of land papers, papers of the four principal family members, and finally miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1493-1940; Majority of material found in 1684-1918

Worthington family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0924
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of four generations of the Worthington family, who were prosperous landowners in Baltimore County, Maryland. Materials include correspondence, receipted bills, inventories of slaves, and land and estate records.

Dates: 1713-1884