The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Murray, Pauli. Song in A Weary Throat: An American Pilgrimage. New York: Harper and Row, 1987.
Notes: Autobiography of a Black activist from Baltimore.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Twentieth Century, Baltimore City
Palmer, William A., Jr. "Maryland Roots of Barton W. Stone." Discipliana 46 (Winter 1986): 51-53.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Religion, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Porter, Frank W. "John Widgeon: Naturalist, Curator and Philosopher." Maryland Historical Magazine 79 (Winter 1984): 325-331.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Science and Technology, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Praus, Alexis A. "Father Piret Lands in New York, 1846." Mid-America 37 (1955): 229-235.
Preston, Dickson J. Young Frederick Douglass: The Maryland Years. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
Notes: There are a number of excellent biographies of Frederick Douglass including works by Eric Foner, William McFeeley and Benjamin Quarles. For the student of Maryland history, Preston's short but well-researched book focuses on the first twenty years of Douglass' life spent in Talbot County and Baltimore City. His experiences as a slave in Maryland shaped his subsequent career and thus are critical to understanding one of the greatest spokesmen for human rights.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City, Talbot County
Shanklin, Thomas L., and Kenneth E. Rowe, eds. "David Creamer and the Baltimore Mob Riot, April 19, 1861." Methodist History 13 (1975): 61-64.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Religion, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Shaw, Richard. John Dubois, Founding Father: The Life and Times of the Founder of Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg. Emmitsburg, MD: Mount St. Mary's College, 1983.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Education, Religion, Nineteenth Century, Frederick County
Sikora, Barbara. "The Apple Doesn't Fall Very Far from the Tree." Passport to the Past 5 (Spring 1994): 6-7, 15.
Starin, Mary M. "The Reverend Doctor John Gordon, 1717-1790." Maryland Historical Magazine 75 (September 1980): 167-97.
Steelman, Robert Bevis. "Learner Blackman (1781-1815)." Methodist History 5 (1967): 3-17.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Religion, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Sundquist, Eric J., ed. Frederick Douglass: New Literary and Historical Essays. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Sword, Gerald J. "James Thomas Notley Maddox, M.D.--Doctor, Churchman, and Farmer." Chronicles of St. Mary's 34 (August 1986): 389-93.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Medicine, Religion, Nineteenth Century, St. Mary's County
VanNewkirk, Betty. "A Missionary of the Alleghenies and Beyond." Journal of the Alleghenies 35 (1999): 10-20.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Religion, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Watson, Denton L. Lion in the Lobby: Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s Struggle for the Passage of Civil Rights Laws. New York: Morrow, 1990.
Notes: Chief lobbyist for the NAACP during the crucial decades of landmark Civil Rights legislation, Clarence Mitchell (1911-1984) was often called the "101st Senator." His wife, Juanita Jackson Mitchell, and mother-in-law, Lillie May Carroll Jackson, were leaders in the state and national NAACP. The story of his life parallels the history of the Civil Rights movement in the 20th century.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century
Wax, Darold D. "A Philadelphia Surgeon on a Slaving Voyage to Africa, 1749-1751." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 92 (1968): 465-493.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Medicine, Eighteenth Century
Weisgal, Deborah. A Joyful Noise: Claiming the Songs of My Fathers. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Wentworth, Jean. "Not Without Honor: William Lloyd Garrison." Maryland Historical Magazine 62 (1967): 318-336.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Intellectual Life, Literature, and Publishing, Nineteenth Century
Williams, Juan. Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary. New York: Times Books, 1998.
Notes: Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. His rise from a modest upbringing in Baltimore is chronicled in this biography by journalist Juan Williams. Marshall's 1954 victory as the lead attorney in <em>Brown v. Board of Education</em> established his standing as a champion in the Civil Rights movement. Early in his career as a lawyer for the NAACP, Marshall argued the case that led to the desegregation of the University of Maryland.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Education, Politics and Law, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Twentieth Century
Wright, Edward Needles, ed. "John Needles (1786-1878): An Autobiography." Quaker History 58 (1969): 3-21.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Religion, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Bluett, Thomas. Some memoirs of the life of Job, the son of Solomon, the high priest of Boonda in Africa; who was a slave about two years in Maryland; and afterwards being brought to England, was set free, and sent to his native land in the year 1734. London: Printed for R. Ford, 1734.
Ball, Charles. Fifty years in chains. New York: H. Dayton; Indianapolis, IN: Dayton & Asher, 1859.
Henson, Josiah. Uncle Tom's story of his life from 1789 to 1877 / Rev. Josiah Henson. Nashville, TN: Winston-Derek Pub., 1997.
Categories: African American, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Stilll, William. The underground railroad. New York: Arno Press, 1968.
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the life of an American slave / Frederick Douglass. Boston : Anti-Slavery Office, 1845.
Douglass, Frederick. The life and times of Frederick Douglass : from 1817-1882. With an introduction by the Right Hon. John Bright. Edited by John Lobb. London : Christian Age Office, 1882.