Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

James E. Work (b. 1814 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-15153
Accomplice to slave flight, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, 1848

Sources:

Archival Sources-

BALTIMORE CITY JAIL (Runaway Docket), Ann Thomas, 1848. Docket No. 1245. [MSA C2065-2].

BALTIMORE CITY JAIL (Runaway Docket), Dick Simmons, 1848. Docket No. 1243. [MSA C2065-2].

BALTIMORE CITY JAIL (Runaway Docket), Henry Murray, 1848. Docket No. 1242. [MSA C2065-2].

BALTIMORE CITY JAIL (Runaway Docket), Nelly Simmons, 1848. Docket No. 1244. [MSA C2065-2].

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoner Records), James E. Work, 1848, Prisoner No. 4191. [MSA S275-2].

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Criminal Docket), James E. Work, Docket No. 44, 45, 46. [MSA C 1384-112].

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Minutes), James E. Work (3 indictments in a row), 21 December 1848, [MSA C 1451-22].

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Miscellaneous Court Papers) James E. Work, 1848. Box No. 70, Criminal Papers No. 44, 45, 46. [MSA T 3273-70].

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers), James E. Work, Pardon, 1848. Box 44, Folder 63. [MSA S 1031-6].

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers), James E. Work, Pardon, 1850. Box 47, Folder 51. [MSA S 1031-9].

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Papers), James E. Work, Pardon, 1853. Box 50, Folder 39. [MSA S 1031-12].

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Record), James E. Work, Pardon, 29 December 1853, p.174-5. [MSA S 1108-2].

TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Criminal Record), James E. Work, November Term 1848, p.80-92. [MSA C1857-16].


Newspapers and Journals -

"The Talbot Slave Abductors". The Baltimore Sun. 12 December 1848.

"Cost of Trial" The Baltimore Sun. 24 October, 1849.

Books -

Clayton, Ralph. Cash for Blood: The Baltimore to New Orleans Domestic Slave Trade. Bowie, MD: Heritage, 2002.


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