I continue to be amazed by the tools available for African American genealogy researchers to find information on their ancestors prior to 1870. I had visited the Maryland State Archive site many times to obtain death records. But it wasn’t until recently that I found this Legacy of Slavery in Maryland database. Included in the database are records of manumitted slaves, freedmen who served in the Civil War, slaves listed in inventories on probates, ads for sales of slaves as well as accommodations made for run-away slaves via the ‘Underground Railway’. Users can search by county, by the names of the slave or the enslaver.
So happy to have once again stumbled upon another great find!
Best,
My Maryland-Louisiana Roots 