Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Benjamin Duckett (b. circa 1831 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-8398
Fled from slavery, Prince George's County, Maryland, 1856

Sources:


Archival Sources -
 

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), JBB 5, 457.
 

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), ON 1, 43.
 

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), EWB 1, 106.
 

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), WAJ Jr 1, 324.
 

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), WAJ 1, 132.
 

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY LEVY COURT (Assessment Record), 1833, MSA C1163-31.

US Censuses


Newpapers -

"$50 Reward," Planters Advocate, 1 October 1856.



Books -

Bowie, Effie Gywnn. Across The Years In Prince George's County. Richmond, VA: Garrett and Massie Inc., 1947

Still, William, Underground Rail Road: A Record of Facts, page 382, Authentic Narratives, Letters, etc., Porter & Coales, Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 1872,
    no.: 1400, Accession no.: L1117.

Virta, Alan. Prince George's County: A Pictoral History. Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Co., 1991.
 

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