Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

Record Detail

Record #165 from 1850 U.S. Census Slave Schedule

District Brinkley's
County Somerset
Page Number 2
Line Number 39
Enumeration Date 12-Jul
Name of Owner Ballard, Thomas E
Number of Slave 1
Age 50
Sex F
Color B
Listed in the same row as the owner, the number of uncaught escaped slaves in the past year
Listed in the same row as the owner, the number of slaves freed from bondage in the past year
Is the slave “deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic?”
Transcriber Notes
Name of Census Enumerator M[oses] C. Smith

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